Q & A (Soalan & Jawapan): Di lihat bantahan yang melanda Turkey

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Q&A: A look at the protests sweeping Turkey

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Photo: AP Seorang wanita Turki terjejas oleh gas pemedih mata ketika berjalan di tengah-tengah bandar di Ankara, Turki, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013, selepas rawatan. Perdana Menteri Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau dan perbandingan dengan marah menolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP A Turkish woman affected by tear gas walks in the city center in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013, after treatment. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Q & A (Soalan & Jawapan): Di lihat bantahan yang melanda Turkey . . .

(Tinjauan 1WC'sChannel 2013) ISTANBUL (AP) - kerajaan Islam yang diterajui Turki sedang menghadapi bantahan terbesar dalam tahun-tahun. Berikut adalah melihat bantahan dan apa panduan mereka:

(Soalan): Apa yang berlaku di Turki?

(Jawapan): Penunjuk perasaan telah berkampung di mercu tanda Taksim Square, Istanbul untuk membantah rancangan untuk merobek keluar pokok-pokok dan membangunkan semula kawasan itu apabila pihak berkuasa melancarkan serangan ganas pra-subuh hari Jumaat untuk membersihkan mereka keluar. Protes terhadap tindak balas kekerasan polis yang dengan cepat merebak ke bandar-bandar di seluruh negara. Isnin adalah hari ke-4 bahawa polis rusuhan menggunakan gas pemedih mata di Istanbul dan Ankara terhadap penunjuk perasaan.

(Soalan): Adakah bantahan hanya kira-kira pokok - atau sesuatu yang lebih?

(Jawapan): Penunjuk perasaan juga pembolongan kemarahan terpendam terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang telah memegang jawatan selama 10 tahun. Ramai Turki sekular melihat beliau sebagai seorang tokoh autoritarian yang cuba untuk memberi pandangan konservatif Islam agamanya kepada mereka. Erdogan menolak tuduhan mereka, menegaskan beliau menghormati semua orang Turki dan merupakan "hamba" rakyat.

(Soalan): Siapakah penunjuk perasaan?

(Jawapan): Kebanyakan puluhan ribu penunjuk perasaan di jalan-jalan Turki muncul sebagai di bandar, Turki sekular, kecewa dengan apa yang mereka lihat sebagai hubungan rapat Erdogan untuk kepentingan pembangunan dan didakwa percubaan beliau untuk memaksa pandangan agama kepada mereka. Erdogan berkata bantahan telah dikacau oleh pembangkang dan pelampau yang cuba untuk memaksa kehendak mereka pada majoriti Turki yang belakang dia.

(Soalan): Apa yang telah Erdogan dilakukan?

(Jawapan): Erdogan, yang telah berkuasa sejak tahun 2003 selepas memenangi 3 pilihan raya tanah runtuh, telah dikreditkan dengan meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi di Turki dan meningkatkan profil antarabangsa di negara ini. Tetapi dia telah menjadi seorang tokoh yang pecah di rumah, dengan kerajaan menindak wartawan, meluluskan undang-undang untuk mengawal penjualan arak dan mengambil pendirian yang kukuh terhadap rejim Syria - pendirian yang sesetengah percaya telah meletakkan keselamatan Turki berisiko. Sesetengah orang Turki melihat dia sebagai orang yang membosankan dalam kehidupan peribadi mereka, bercakap menentang kelahiran Caesarean, memberitahu wanita mereka perlu mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya 3 kanak-kanak dan juga memberi nasihat bagaimana watak-watak TV harus berkelakuan.

(Soalan): Mengapa penunjuk perasaan marah pada polis?

(Jawapan): Media sosial telah dibanjiri dengan laporan dan video keganasan polis semasa protes. Pihak berkuasa berkata keterlaluan polis akan disiasat, tetapi mereka muncul untuk terus tanpa henti-henti. Manusia Yayasan Hak Turki berkata lebih 1,000 penunjuk perasaan tertakluk "kepada layanan buruk dan penyeksaan" oleh polis.

(Soalan): Apakah yang presiden Turki berfikir?

(Jawapan): Presiden Abdullah Gul telah mengambil garis yang lebih pendamai, meraikan protes aman sebagai hak demokratik. "Demokrasi tidak bermakna pilihan raya sahaja," katanya Isnin.

(Soalan): Apa yang akan datang? Turkey adalah negara seterusnya jatuh kepada revolusi Spring Arab?

(Jawapan): Turki akan mengadakan pilihan raya presiden tahun depan di mana Erdogan - yang akan mencecah had tempoh sebagai Perdana Menteri - boleh dijalankan terhadap Gul. Walaupun imej yang menyerupai protes Spring Arab yang diturunkan pemimpin di seluruh rantau ini, Erdogan tidak mungkin jatuh. Turki mempunyai demokrasi yang stabil dan sokongan beliau dengan majoriti senyap masih muncul untuk menjadi kuat. "Kami sudah mempunyai musim bunga di Turki," katanya Isnin, merujuk kepada pilihan raya yang bebas negara.

Seorang lelaki ditembak mati semasa bantahan di Turki

ANKARA, Turki (AP) - Pegawai-pegawai berkata seorang lelaki berusia 22 tahun telah ditembak mati semasa protes anti-kerajaan di sebuah bandar berhampiran sempadan dengan Syria.

Pejabat wilayah Hatay gabenor berkata Selasa lelaki itu ditembak semasa demonstrasi di Antakya bandar dan kemudiannya meninggal dunia di hospital. Ia mencadangkan, bagaimanapun, bahawa dia mungkin telah ditembak oleh penunjuk perasaan cuba untuk membakar ketegangan, berkata polis telah melepaskan tembakan ke arah semasa protes Isnin.

Beribu-ribu telah menyertai perhimpunan anti-kerajaan di seluruh Turki untuk menyuarakan rasa tidak puas hati dengan pemerintahan 10 tahun Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bantahan, Turki terbesar telah dilihat pada tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini, telah dicetuskan oleh tindakan keras polis yang aman duduk dalam untuk menghalang perobohan sebuah taman di Istanbul.

Penunjuk perasaan yang lain telah dilaporkan terbunuh di Istanbul pada hari Isnin. Pegawai-pegawai berkata bahawa kematian adalah akibat kemalangan.

Photo: AP A penunjuk perasaan dengan berbungkus plastik di kepalanya berdiri di sebelah benteng semasa pertempuran di Istanbul awal selasa, 4 Jun, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP A protester with a plastic wrap on her head stands next to a barricade during clashes in Istanbul early Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP Penunjuk perasaan membawa sekeping kayu untuk membentuk benteng berhampiran Taksim Square di Istanbul, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP Protesters carry a piece of wood to form a barricade near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP A penunjuk perasaan berjalan sambil mengelakkan gas pemedih mata semasa pertempuran dengan polis di Istanbul awal Selasa 4 JUN, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP A protester runs to avoid tear gas during clashes with the police in Istanbul early Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP Penunjuk perasaan memegang pelekat sehingga berhampiran Kedutaan Turki di tengah-tengah Athens pada Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Kira-kira 2,000 penunjuk perasaan menghadiri perhimpunan pada hari Isnin dianjurkan untuk menyokong demonstrasi yang berterusan di ejiran Turki.

Photo: AP Protesters hold up placards near the Turkish Embassy in central Athens on Monday, June 3, 2013. About 2,000 protesters attended rallies on Monday organized in support of ongoing demonstrations in neighboring Turkey.

Q&A: A look at the protests sweeping Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's Islamic-led government is facing its biggest protests in years. Here is a look at the protests and what may be driving them:

(Questions): What's going on in Turkey?

(Answers): Demonstrators were camping out in Istanbul's landmark Taksim Square to protest plans to rip out trees and redevelop the area when authorities launched a violent pre-dawn raid Friday to clear them out. Protests against the police's heavy-handed response quickly spread to cities across the country. Monday was the fourth day that riot police used tear gas in Istanbul and Ankara against protesters.

(Questions): Are the protests just about trees - or something more?

(Answers): Demonstrators are also venting pent-up resentment against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in office for 10 years. Many secular Turks see him as an authoritarian figure who is trying to exert his conservative religious Islamic views on them. Erdogan rejects those accusations, insisting he respects all Turks and is a "servant" of the people.

(Questions): Who are the protesters?

(Answers): Most of the tens of thousands of protesters on Turkey's streets appear to be urban, secular Turks, frustrated by what they see as Erdogan's close ties to development interests and his alleged attempts to force his religious outlook on them. Erdogan says the protests have been stirred up by Turkey's opposition and extremists who are trying to force their will on the majority who backs him.

(Questions): What has Erdogan done?

(Answers): Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003 after winning three landslide elections, has been credited with boosting economic growth in Turkey and raising the country's international profile. But he has been a divisive figure at home, with his government cracking down on journalists, passing laws to curb the sale of alcohol and taking a strong stand against the Syrian regime - a stance that some believe has put Turkey's security at risk. Some Turks see him as a meddler in their personal lives, speaking out against Caesarean births, telling women they should have at least three children and even advising how TV characters should behave.

(Questions): Why are protesters angry at police?

(Answers): Social media has been awash with reports and videos of police abuse during the protests. Authorities have said police excesses would be investigated, but they appeared to continue unabated. Turkey's Human Rights Foundation says more than 1,000 protesters were subjected "to ill-treatment and torture" by police.

(Questions): What does the president of Turkey think?

(Answers): President Abdullah Gul has taken a more conciliatory line, celebrating peaceful protests as a democratic right. "Democracy does not mean elections alone," he said Monday.

(Questions): What's next? Is Turkey the next country to fall to an Arab Spring revolution?

(Answers): Turkey will be holding a presidential election next year in which Erdogan — who will hit his term limit as prime minister — could run against Gul. Despite images that resemble the Arab Spring protests that brought down leaders across the region, Erdogan is unlikely to fall. Turkey has a stable democracy and his backing by the silent majority still appears to be strong. "We already have a spring in Turkey," he said Monday, alluding to the nation's free elections.

Man shot dead during protest in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Officials say a 22-year-old man was shot dead during an anti-government protest in a city near the border with Syria.

The Hatay province governor's office says Tuesday the man was shot during a demonstration in Antakya city and later died in a hospital. It suggested, however, that he may have been shot by demonstrators trying to inflame tensions, saying police had been fired on during the Monday protest.

Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey to voice discontent with the 10-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protests, the biggest Turkey has seen in recent years, were sparked by police crackdown of a peaceful sit-in to prevent demolition of a park in Istanbul.

Another protester was reported killed in Istanbul on Monday. Officials said that death was accidental.

'I thought I'd die': Turkish police brutality shocks & enrages protesters

'Saya fikir saya mati': kekejaman polis Turki kejutan & enrages penunjuk perasaan

Pergolakan di Turki telah mendakwa kehidupan yang ke-2. Polis, sudah menghadapi kritikan meluas untuk menggunakan kekerasan yang berlebihan, yang dituduh menjadi dalang di sebalik pembunuhan seorang lelaki 22-tahun. Kumpulan hak asasi manusia juga telah mengecam pasukan keselamatan di Turki untuk tindak balas kejam mereka kepada protests. Anda mungkin mendapati beberapa imej dalam laporan mengganggu.

'I thought I'd die': Turkish police brutality shocks & enrages protesters

The unrest in Turkey has claimed a second life. Police, already facing widespread criticism for using excessive force, are being accused of being behind the killing of a 22-year-old man. Human rights groups have also hit out at the security forces in Turkey for their brutal response to the protests.You may find some of the images in the report disturbing.

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Turkey protests continue for a fifth day

Beratus-ratus pergelutan penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan dengan pihak polis di Istanbul dan Ankara sebagai pergolakan di Turki memasuki hari ke-5. (Hundreds of anti-government protesters scuffle with police in Istanbul and Ankara as the unrest in Turkey enters its fifth day).

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Turkey Anti-Government Protests Enter 5th Day

ABC News 'Alex Marquardt melaporkan bahawa ini adalah demonstrasi yang paling ganas dalam tahun-tahun. (ABC News' Alex Marquardt reports that these are the most violent demonstrations in years).

Turkish anti-Erdogan protests: clashes continue for fifth day as public sector workers go on strike

Pertempuran waktu subuh kemarahan di Turki sebagai penunjuk perasaan berkumpul di luar pejabat Perdana Menteri Erdogan. (Dawn clashes rage in Turkey as protesters gather outside Prime Minister Erdogan's office.).

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan: there is no 'Turkish Spring' and protests are work of extremists

Massa walaupun demonstrasi anti-kerajaan Perdana Menteri Turki Tayyip Erdogan telah mengisytiharkan bahawa tidak ada "Spring Turki." Kemarahan mula tercetuskan lepas Jumaat mengenai rancangan untuk membina Gezi Park Istanbul dan telah berkembang ke beberapa protes terbesar dilihat di negara ini bertahun-tahun.

Despite mass anti-government demonstrations Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has declared that there is no "Turkish Spring." Anger was first sparked last Friday over plans to build on Istanbul's Gezi Park and has since grown into some of the biggest protests seen in the country for years.

Anti-Erdogan Uprising: Istanbul's Gezi Park serves as focal point for Turkish Spring protesters

Protes terus Gezi Park di Istanbul pertempuran tercetus di pelbagai bahagian bandar dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan yang tidak ada tanda-tanda ianya surut. (Protests continue in Gezi Park in Istanbul as violent clashes break out in various parts of the city in anti-government demonstrations that show no sign of abating).

Turkish Spring: Istanbul protesters continue to clash with police as protests enter fifth day

Polis rusuhan Turki digunakan bom asap kerana mereka ditolak melalui penghadang yang ditubuhkan oleh penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin 3 Jun. Dalam tindak balas mengingkari hingga 3 hari pergolakan dalam berpuluh-puluh bandar-bandar di seluruh negara, Perdana Menteri Turki Tayyip Erdogan menuduh penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan berjalan "bersatu-padu dengan keganasan."

Turkish riot police used smoke grenades as they pushed through barricades set up by protesters on Monday June 3. In a defiant response to three days of unrest in dozens of cities around the country, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters of walking "arm-in-arm with terrorism."

Turkey clashes re-erupt, protestors rage at PM

Pertempuran-meletus semula di bandar-bandar Turki Isnin sebagai Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan mengetepikan bantahan besar-besaran terhadap kerajaan umbi Islam beliau yang telah meninggalkan sekurang-kurangnya seorang lelaki mati.

Clashes re-erupted in Turkish cities Monday as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugged off mass protests against his Islamic-rooted government that have left at least one man dead.

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PM Turki, pertembungan presiden banyak jawapan kepada para protes

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Turkish PM, president clash over reply to protests

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Photo: AP pelajar sekolah tinggi slogan memuji-muji semasa protes di taman Gezi, persegi Taksim di Istanbul, Isnin, 3 Jun, 2013. Demonstrasi yang berkembang daripada kemarahan terhadap pasukan polis yang berlebihan telah melambung ke dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan terbesar Turki pada tahun-tahun, mencabar kuasa Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photo: AP High school students chant slogans during a protest at Gezi park, Taksim square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power.

Photo: AP Perdana Menteri Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bercakap kepada media di Istanbul, Turki, Isnin, 3 JUN, 2013. Erdogan sekali lagi pada hari Isnin menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau, melayakkan mereka sebagai blip sementara, dan perbandingan marah ditolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks to the media in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013. Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, qualified them as a temporary blip, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Photo: AP Seorang budak lelaki Turki kelihatan di kedai-kedai yang musnah dalam Ankara, Turki, Isnin, 3 Jun, 2013. Perdana Menteri Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau, melayakkan mereka sebagai blip sementara, dan perbandingan marah ditolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP A Turkish boy looks at destroyed shops in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, qualified them as a temporary blip, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Photo: AP Seorang wanita Turki mengambil gambar graffittis dilukis oleh protesrters yang bermakna menuntut Perdana Menteri Turki Recep permintaan Tayyip Erdogan untuk meletak jawatan, di Ankara, Turki, semalam, "Tayyip, bedebah, bangsat letak jawatanTayyip Gas ini adalah indah,.." , 3 Jun, 2013. Perdana Menteri Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau, melayakkan mereka sebagai bleep sementara, dan perbandingan marah ditolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP A Turkish woman takes a photo of graffittis painted by protesrters that mean " Tayyip, son of bitch, resign. Scoundrel Tayyip. This gas is wonderful," demanding Turkey prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, qualified them as a temporary bleep, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Photo: AP pekerja Majlis Perbandaran mengumpul sampah dari protes terakhir di Taksim Square di Istanbul, ISNIN, 3 Jun, 2013. Demonstrasi yang berkembang daripada kemarahan terhadap pasukan polis yang berlebihan telah melambung ke dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan terbesar Turki pada tahun-tahun, mencabar kuasa Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photo: AP Municipality workers collect garbage from the last protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power.

Photo: AP 2 orang wanita yang terlibat dengan gas pemedih mata berjalan kaki di tengah-tengah bandar di Ankara, Turki, Isnin, 3 JUN, 2013. Perdana Menteri Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau, melayakkan mereka sebagai blip sementara, dan perbandingan marah ditolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP Two women affected by tear gas walk in the city center in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, qualified them as a temporary blip, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Photo: AP Seorang lelaki membersihkan dari membaca daripada grafiti'''' dari etalase di Istiklal Street, jalur membeli-belah utama Istanbul, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Demonstrasi yang berkembang daripada kemarahan terhadap pasukan polis yang berlebihan telah melambung ke dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan terbesar Turki pada tahun-tahun, mencabar kuasa Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photo: AP A man cleans graffiti reading ''Resign'' from a storefront on Istiklal Street, Istanbul's main shopping strip, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power.

Photo: AP pelajar sekolah tinggi slogan memuji-muji semasa protes di taman Gezi, persegi Taksim di Istanbul, Isnin, 3 Jun, 2013. Demonstrasi yang berkembang daripada kemarahan terhadap pasukan polis yang berlebihan telah melambung ke dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan terbesar Turki pada tahun-tahun, mencabar kuasa Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photo: AP High school students chant slogans during a protest at Gezi park, Taksim square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power.

Photo: AP penunjuk perasaan menggunakan telefon bimbitnya di sebelah khemah pada taman Gezi, Taksim Square di Istanbul, ISNIN, 3 Jun, 2013. Demonstrasi yang berkembang daripada kemarahan terhadap pasukan polis yang berlebihan telah melambung ke dalam demonstrasi anti-kerajaan terbesar Turki pada tahun-tahun, mencabar kuasa Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photo: AP A protester uses her mobile phone next to a rough tent at Gezi park, Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power.

Photo: AP polis rusuhan kedudukan berhampiran pejabat Perdana Menteri di Ankara, Turki, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Perdana Menteri Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau, melayakkan mereka sebagai blip sementara, dan perbandingan marah ditolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP Riot police positioned near the office of the Prime Minister in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, qualified them as a temporary blip, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

(REVIEW 1WC'sChannel 2013) ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - As riot police used tear gas against protesters for a fourth straight day in Istanbul, Turkey's president and prime minister displayed wide differences Monday in their responses to those taking to the streets. One death was reported.

Turkey has seen violent demonstrations since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a peaceful sit-in protesting plans to cut down trees in Istanbul's main Taksim Square. Since then, the demonstrations by mostly secular-minded Turks have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government disturbances in years.

The protests are seen as a display of frustration with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom critics say has become increasingly authoritarian. Many accuse him of forcing his conservative, religious Islamic outlook on the lives of secular Turks.

Erdogan rejects the accusations, insisting he respects all sections of Turkish society and has no desire to infringe on different lifestyles. He has also rejected accusations of being authoritarian, saying: "I am not a master but a servant" of the people.

Turkey's main stock exchange dropped 10.5 percent Monday as investors worried about the destabilizing effect of the demonstrations on the economy. On the ground, a Turkish doctors' group said one protester died after a vehicle slammed into a crowd in Istanbul.

Erdogan, in power since 2003 after winning three landslide elections, has inflamed tensions by calling the protesters "a bunch of looters" and a "minority" who are trying to force demands on his majority.

In contrast, President Abdullah Gul took a more conciliatory line, celebrating peaceful protest as a democratic right. The two men could compete against each other next year in Turkey's presidential election.

On Monday, Erdogan again dismissed the street protests as being organized by Turkey's opposition and extremist groups and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. "We already have a spring in Turkey," he said, alluding to the nation's free elections. "But there are those who want to turn this spring into winter.

"Be calm, these will all pass," he said. Erdogan also played down the drop in the markets, saying: "It's the stock market, it goes down and it goes up. It can't always be stable." Appearing defensive and angry, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood the message by protesters.

"What is the message? I want to hear it from you," Erdogan retorted. "What can a softened tone be like? Can you tell me?" He spoke to reporters before leaving on a four-day trip to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Gul said democracy was more than just going to the ballot box. "When we speak of democracy, of course the will of the people is above all," Gul said. "But democracy does not mean elections alone. There can be nothing more natural for the expression of various views, various situations and objections through a variety of ways besides elections."

He added: "The views that are well-intentioned have been read, seen and noted and the messages have been received." Some protesters clashed with police, but most demonstrated peacefully, chanting calls for Erdogan to resign. Those who did not take to the streets banged on pots and pans from windows.

There was scattered violence in areas close to Erdogan's offices in Istanbul and in Ankara. The Dogan news agency said police fired tear gas at one protest near Erdogan's Istanbul office, and protesters responded by hurling stones.

The agency said as many as 500 people in Ankara were detained overnight after police clashed with more militant protesters and then moved in to break up several thousand people who were demonstrating peacefully.

Turkey's Fox television reported 300 others were detained in a similar crackdown in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city. Social media was awash with reports and videos of police abuse. Turkey's Human Rights Foundation claimed more than 1,000 protesters were subjected "to ill-treatment and torture" by police.

Authorities said police excesses would be investigated, but they appeared to continue unabated. Fox showed footage of police telling one group by the side of a building to come out, reassuring them that nothing would happen, then shooting a gas canister at them.

Turkish television stations have been criticized for providing very limited coverage of the protests, with media moguls apparently wary of upsetting the government. On Monday, dozens of people demonstrated in front of the Istanbul offices of private NTV television.

Another group of protesters took control of a large bulldozer in Istanbul and drove it toward police water cannons, Dogan news agency footage showed. Medics were seen tending to people injured in the skirmishes or affected by gas at a mosque close to the palace.

Erdogan also blamed the protest on "internal and external" groups bent on harming Turkey. He said the country's intelligence service was working on identifying them and threatened to hit back at them.

"We shall be discussing these with them and will be following up, in fact we will also settle accounts with them," he said. In neighboring Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on his official website that his government was worried about the security implications of the situation in Turkey, saying the country was "an essential part of the stability of the region."

"We believe that resorting to violence will widen the circle (of violence) ... in the region, and we call for restraint," he said. Iraq and Turkey share a long, mountainous border. Iraq is home to an ethnic Turkomen minority, centered around the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

The two countries' relationship has been increasingly strained over growing Turkish ties to Iraq's largely autonomous northern Kurdish region, and over Turkey's support for the Sunni rebels fighting to topple the Syrian regime.

The two-year Syrian civil war, which has already killed 70,000 people and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing the country, is exacerbating sectarian divisions within Iraq. Baghdad has warned that the fall of the Iranian-backed Syrian government could ignite a wider conflict in the region.

_ Associated Press writer Adam Schreck in Baghdad contributed to this report.

Sekumpulan penunjuk perasaan persegi Istanbul selepas pertempuran

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Protesters swarm Istanbul square after clashes

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(Tinjauan 1WC’sChannel 2013) Photo: AP Turki belia menjerit "Tayyip, meletakkan jawatan!" Di Ankara, Turki, Sabtu Jun 1, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas marah protes anti-kerajaan bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertempuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan banyak serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ di dalam persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

(REVIEW 1WC’sChannel 2013) Photo: AP Turkish youths shout " Tayyip, resign! " in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP Polis rusuhan di tempat kejadian di mana penunjuk perasaan mengadakan ‘sit-in’ untuk mengelakkan mencabut pokok di taman Istanbul, di Ankara, Turki, awal Sabtu, 1 JUN, 2013. Kerajaan Turki pada Sabtu kelihatan cuba menenangkan penunjuk perasaan pada hari ke-2 demonstrasi anti-kerajaan, walaupun polis melepaskan gas banyak pemedih mata dan air bertekanan tinggi terhadap penunjuk perasaan cuba untuk mencapai dataran utama di Istanbul atau bangunan Parlimen di ibu negara, Ankara. Bantahan berkembang marah daripada pada taktik polis kekerasan untuk memecahkan yang aman oleh orang yang cuba untuk melindungi taman di utama Taksim persegi Istanbul pada hari Jumaat.

Photo: AP Riot police on the scene where demonstrators were staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, in Ankara, Turkey, early Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkey's government on Saturday appeared to be trying to placate demonstrators on the second day of anti-government demonstrations, even as police let off more tear gas and pressurized water against protesters trying to reach a main square in Istanbul or the Parliament building in the capital, Ankara. The protests grew out of anger at heavy-handed police tactics to break up a peaceful sit-in by people trying to protect a park in Istanbul's main Taksim square on Friday.

Photo: AP penunjuk perasaan Turki menjerit slogan anti-kerajaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 JUN, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas marah protes anti-kerajaan bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertempuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti-duduk di dalam Taksim persegi telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters shout anti-government slogans at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP Penunjuk perasaan berkumpul untuk menyokong penunjuk perasaan mengadakan ‘sit-in’ untuk mengelakkan mencabut pokok di taman Istanbul, berjalan seperti yang mereka bertembung dengan polis rusuhan di Ankara, Turki, awal Sabtu, 1 Jun, 2013. Kerajaan Turki pada Sabtu kelihatan cuba menenangkan penunjuk perasaan pada hari ke-2 demonstrasi anti-kerajaan, walaupun polis melepaskan gas banyak pemedih mata dan air bertekanan tinggi terhadap penunjuk perasaan cuba untuk mencapai dataran utama di Istanbul atau bangunan Parlimen di ibu negara, Ankara. Bantahan berkembang daripada marah pada taktik polis berat tangan untuk memecahkan yang duduk aman oleh orang yang cuba untuk melindungi taman di utama Taksim persegi Istanbul pada hari Jumaat.

Photo: AP Protesters gather in support of demonstrators staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, run as they clash with riot police in Ankara, Turkey, early Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkey's government on Saturday appeared to be trying to placate demonstrators on the second day of anti-government demonstrations, even as police let off more tear gas and pressurized water against protesters trying to reach a main square in Istanbul or the Parliament building in the capital, Ankara. The protests grew out of anger at heavy-handed police tactics to break up a peaceful sit-in by people trying to protect a park in Istanbul's main Taksim square on Friday.

Photo: AP Seorang wanita muda berjalan sebagai beribu-ribu belia Turki berkumpul di Dataran Kizilay utama di bandar ini dan bertempur dengan pasukan keselamatan di Ankara, Turki, Sabtu 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertempuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP A young woman runs as thousands of Turkish youths gathered at the city's main Kizilay Square and clashed with security forces in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP penunjuk perasaan Turki menjerit slogan anti-kerajaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 JUN, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertempuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ di dalam persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters shout anti-government slogans at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP Seorang pegawai keselamatan dilihat sebagai mereka pertembungan dengan penunjuk perasaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, SABTU 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perangan. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP A security officer is seen as they clash with protesters at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP pertembungan penunjuk perasaan Turki dengan polis rusuhan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perang. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters clash with riot police at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP pertembungan penunjuk perasaan Turki dengan polis rusuhan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perangan. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters clash with riot police at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP pertembungan penunjuk perasaan Turki dengan polis rusuhan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perangan. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters clash with riot police at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP wanita mengibar bendera negara ke arah polis separa tentera berdiri di pintu masuk jalan yang membawa kepada pejabat Perdana Menteri sebagai belia Turki melaungkan slogan " Tayyip, meletakkan jawatan!" kerana mereka bertembung dengan pasukan keselamatan di Ankara, Turki, Sabtu, 1 Jun 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan peetumpuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan banyak  serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP A young woman waves a national flag towards paramilitary police standing at the entrance of a road leading to the prime minister's office as Turkish youths shout slogan " Tayyip, resign! " as they clash with security forces in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP belia Turki membaling batu kerana mereka telah bertembung dengan pasukan keselamatan di Ankara, Turki, sabtu, 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perang. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti’sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish youths throw stones as they clash with security forces in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP belia Turki menjerit slogan "Tayyip, meletakkan jawatan!" Kerana mereka bertembung dengan pasukan keselamatan di Ankara, Turki, sabtu, 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertempuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish youths shout slogan " Tayyip, resign! " as they clash with security forces in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP Pegawai polis tembak di udara kerana mereka pertembungan dengan penunjuk perasaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari Istanbul dataran utama Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perang. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan banyak serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’  persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Police officers fire in the air as they clash with protesters at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP Seorang pegawai keselamatan tembak di udara kerana mereka pertembungan dengan penunjuk perasaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, sabtu, 1 Jun, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan perangan. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan banyak serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP A security officer fires in the air as they clash with protesters at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

Photo: AP penunjuk perasaan Turki menjerit slogan anti-kerajaan di Dataran Taksim utama di bandar ini di Istanbul, Turki, Sabtu 1 JUN, 2013. Polis Turki berundur dari dataran utama Istanbul Sabtu, menghapuskan sekatan dan membenarkan beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan dalam usaha untuk meredakan ketegangan selepas protes anti-kerajaan marah bertukar pusat bandar ke dalam medan pertumpuran. Satu hari ke-2 protes kebangsaan lebih serbuan polis ganas satu perkembangan anti ‘sit-in’ persegi Taksim telah mendedahkan kedalaman kemarahan terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bangsa Turki, banyak pandangan yang semakin autoritarian dan mengetepikan menentang pandangan.

Photo: AP Turkish protesters shout anti-government slogans at the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing views.

(REVIEW 1WC'sChannel 2013) ISTANBUL (AP) - In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government protest turned city streets into a battlefield clouded by tear gas.

Though he offered some concessions to demonstrators, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained largely defiant in the face of the biggest popular challenge to his power in a decade in office, insisting the protests are undemocratic and illegitimate.

Public anger has flared among urban and secular Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development sit-in in the landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens of other cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style.

As the furious protests entered its second day, police fired tear gas and turned on water cannons at angry demonstrators, some of whom threw rocks and bottles on their march toward Taksim. In an area normally abuzz with tourists, stores were shuttered and protesters fled into luxury hotels for shelter. There were hundreds of arrests and injured.

Turkish authorities later removed barricades and allowed thousands of demonstrators into the square in an effort to calm tension. Sounding defiant even as he bowed to protesters and pulled back police, Erdogan promised to stick to the government's redevelopment plans — which protesters fear will remove one of the few green spaces in the sprawling city.

He called the protesters a "minority" that was trying to forcefully impose demands and challenged the opposition that he could easily summon a million people for a government rally. "I am not claiming that a government that has received the majority of the votes has limitless powers ... and can do whatever it wants," Erdogan said in a televised speech. "Just as the majority cannot impose its will on the minority, the minority cannot impose its will on the majority."

Under Erdogan's leadership, Turkey has boosted economic growth and raised its international profile, taking a central role in post-Arab Spring politics in the region. Though widely supported by rural and conservative religious Muslims, he remains a divisive figure in mainly secular circles and is criticized for his often abrasive style.

Hundreds of people were injured in the protests, including four people who permanently lost their eyesight after being hit by gas canisters or plastic bullets, Huseyin Demirdizen of Turkey's Doctors' Association told The Associated Press. He said at least two people injured in the protests are in life-threatening condition.

Interior Minister Muammer Guler said more than 900 people were detained during the protests but some of them were released after questioning. He did not say how many were still in custody. The protest had spread to 48 cities, he added.

The mood at Taksim after Erdogan called off the police was cheerful. Protesters chanted "Tayyip resign!" Turkish celebrities joined the crowds, with thousands milling around the square, waving flags, and cheering and clapping at anti-government speeches. Many drank beer in protest of newly enacted alcohol curbs, singing "cheers Tayyip!"

Private NTV television reported that protesters built barricades at entrances to the square to prevent police from returning. Sporadic clashes continued between police and a group of protesters who were trying to approach Erdogan's office in Istanbul, which is located at a former Ottoman palace. The Dogan news agency said the protesters had set an abandoned police vehicle on fire.

In Ankara, thousands congregated at a busy shopping street, jovially singing, waving Turkish flags, and frequently breaking into calls for Erdogan to resign. One group jokingly called on police to fire more tear gas at protesters suggesting they had grown addicted and "were going crazy" without it.

"We have had it up to here with him," said protestor Neslihan Yildirim, raising her hand to her chin. "Constant oppression... All the intervention in our lives." Although scenes at the square brought to mind Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of an uprising that ended Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek's rule, the protests were not likely bring down Erdogan's government, one analyst said.

The protests were more of a warning, according to Ahmet Cigdem, a professor of sociology and political science at Ankara's Gazi University. "The people showed that the government's rule is not guaranteed just because they obtained some 50 percent of the votes and just because there is no powerful political opposition in Turkey," Cigdem said.

"These protests have clearly showed what the people reject. They are saying 'Don't force your political, sociological and cultural impositions on our lives. Don't try to shape my thoughts and my beliefs," he said.

In a surprise move last week, the government quickly passed legislation curbing the sale and advertising of alcoholic drinks, alarming secularists. Many felt insulted when he defended the legislation by calling people who drink "alcoholics." He insists the new regulations are aimed at protecting Turkey's youth from the harms of alcohol.

Erdogan is frequently criticized as a meddler in all aspects of life, telling couples, for example, to bear a minimum of three children. He also berated producers of a popular television series on the life of Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the Magnificient for depicting him as a figure who spends his time dwelling on his harem instead of fighting wars.

The government's policy on Syria also remains unpopular, with many believing its open support to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has put Turkey's security at risk. On May 11, twin car bombs at a border town the government blamed on Syria killed 52 and sparked anti-government protests.

At dawn on Friday, police violently rousted protesters who had camped out at Taksim to protest the planned removal of trees in the square. Officials are planning to rebuild a former Ottoman army barracks and put in a shopping mall.

"We can hardly believe that a small action caused by a tree or two has led to such an uprising," demonstrator Hande Topaloglu said. The protest was also seen as a demonstration of the anger building toward Turkish police, who have been accused of using inordinate force to quash demonstrations and of using tear gas excessively.

In another gesture to placate protesters, Erdogan said that police may have used tear gas excessively. The Interior Ministry said police officers who abused their power would be punished. Erdogan said the government was determined to revamp Taksim and rebuild the old army barracks but said no firm decision was made on building a shopping mall. He also spoke of government plans to tear down a cultural center to build an opera hall, in statements that could cause further controversy.

The protests broke out just days after Istanbul pitched its bid to host the 2020 Olympic games to sports and Olympic officials at a conference in St. Petersburg. The United States, Britain and Sweden were among countries that asked citizens to stay away from areas where protests were held.

In Syria, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Erdogan's suppression of the peaceful protests in Turkey was "illogical and reveals his detachment from reality." Echoing words that Erdogan has used against Syrian leader Assad, Al-Zoubi said it is unjustified that Erdogan should defy his people.

Fraser reported from Ankara. Associated Press writers Ezgi Akin and Burhan Ozbilici in Ankara, Karin Laub in Beirut and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.