ISTANBUL: A court in Turkey has scrapped a controversial plan to redevelop Istanbul’s Gezi Park that sparked protests, which snowballed into deadly nationwide unrest, media reported on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

The administrative court justified its ruling, made last month but only revealed by Turkish media on Wednesday, by saying that the “local population” had not been sufficiently consulted about the redevelopment project.

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