A group of demonstrators marched in Chicago yesterday to show support for anti-government protests in Istanbul and other large cities in Turkey.



The local protesters marched through Pioneer Court, just north of the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue, carrying signs saying they support the actions in Turkey.



About 150 people marched after 5 p.m., sometimes during a drenching rain.



More than 1,000 people have been reported injured and hundreds more arrested in Turkey as growing unrest goes into a third day. What started as scuffles with police during a small protest in Istanbul has spread to Ankara and other major cities, with more than 90 separate actions reported.



Istanbul's central Taksim Square, where the protests against the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have been focused, was quieter after riot police pulled back their armoured trucks late on Saturday.



Demonstrators lit bonfires among overturned vehicles, broken glass and rocks and played cat-and-mouse on side streets with riot police, who fired occasional volleys of tear gas.



The unrest was triggered by protests against government plans to build a replica Ottoman-era barracks to house shops or apartments in Taksim, long a venue for political protest. But it has widened into a broader show of defiance against Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party.



Chicago Tribune photographer John J. Kim and Reuters wire service contributed.



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