Reblogged from Peace and Freedom: By Daren Butler ISTANBUL          Tue Jan 7, 2014 9:15am EST Plain clothes police officers detain an anti-government protester at Taksim square in central Istanbul January 6, 2014.  Credit: Reuters/Murad Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government purged hundreds of police officers overnight, media said, as part […]