BBC News: Turkey government freezes Gezi Park project until ruling

The Turkish government says it has agreed to suspend redevelopment plans for an Istanbul park until a court ruling, after talks with protesters.

The plan to rebuild an old barracks on Gezi Park has sparked Turkey’s biggest anti-government protests in decades.

A government spokesman said there would be no attempt to start the project until a court decided whether or not it was legal.

If the court backed the government, the project would be put to a popular vote.

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