she's at gezzy park. that's where this all started. it was a smaller protest against the plans to modify the park. arwa is wearing a gas mask for obvious reasons. arwa, what are you seeing where you are right now? >> reporter: basically this park is right off of tksim this is tt exists in this area between these demonstrators and the riot police. we're positioned behind a burnt out and spray painted bunch right there. there's an intense bombardment of tear gas that they've been pushed temporarily back from this position and you can see some of them moving back up, continuing to launch rocks at the riot police. you can see the tear gas billowing right in front of those various positions. people were here in the park trying to stay out of the violence that is taking place in taksim square. this really is right behind me. but right now they are saying that the government has broken its pledge when it said that it would not actually fire into this park itself. but we're seeing it ever since it was a peaceful demonstration inside taksim squa

right now she's in gezzy park. nick is also in istanbul overlooking taksim square.matic images coming to us from istanbul as anti-government protests go into that country. these demonstrators are saying the prime minister is acting in an authoritarian way. he's trying to impose his vision of what turkey should be on an entire country. all of that being said, this is a democratically elected government and the prime minister certainly has his supporters in this country. what is going nontaksim square right now illustrating a divide in turkey. very important country strategically, politically, economically. right now it is going through certainly somewhat of a crisis. nick walsh is in our istanbul bureau. what is unfolding for turkey and also to the region. nick. >> of course these are the scenes which similar to those at the beginning of the protests which inspired u.s. secretary of state john kerry to condemn much of the heavy handed. thoos say the least. it's simple, the police find another volley of tear gas. it's causing yet again into the side streets. turn arou