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"Turkish police detained journalist Ivan Watson while he was reporting live on air Saturday.\nIn the video, above, Watson is describing the scene in central Istanbul, when plainclothes police officers begin surrounding him (around the 3:00 mark). The CNN correspondent, who is based in Istanbul, was reporting from Taksim Square, where he says Turkish riot police were on hand to prevent demonstrations on the one-year anniversary of last summer's Gezi Park protests.\nSee also: Protesters Attack Turkish Police Chief as Unrest Grows\n\nTurkish police detained me and my crew in the middle of a live report in Taksim Square. One officer kneed me in the butt.\n\u2014 Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) May 31, 2014\n\n\u00A0\nThe video shows one plainclothes officer repeatedly demanding to see Watson's passport. In response, Watson identifies himself as being with CNN. Watson then continues to report on air, and shows his press card to both the officer and television viewers. Multiple men begin to surround and push Watson, eventually taking him away from the camera.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Med B\u00FCkey\"Yes, Errol, we're being detained right now,\" Watson says, the comments apparently directed toward the CNN studio.\n\"I'm being kicked,\" the journalist then says off-camera.\nLater on Twitter, Watson says he and his team were released after half an hour.\n\nTurkish police released CNN team after half an hour. Officer apologized for another officer who kneed me while I was being detained. 1/2\n\u2014 Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) May 31, 2014\n\n\u00A0\nWatson also explains why the Turkish police officer did not accept his press card:\n\nTurkish police officer wasn't satisfied w/my press card from prime ministry. \"Many are counterfeited,\" he said, demanding passport 2/2\n\u2014 Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) May 31, 2014\n\n\u00A0\nTurkey has experienced ongoing turmoil since last summer, when police cracked down on a protest in Istanbul's Gezi Park. Protests have popped up intermittently across the country since then, most recently following the deadly mining accident that killed 301 workers in western Turkey.\nThis article has been edited to reflect the following correction: Watson said \"Errol\" (referring to CNN International anchor Errol Barnett), and not \"Harold,\" as previously stated.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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