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June 13, 2013

Turkish PM Erdogan Issues 24-Hour Deadline for End to Protests 
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a 24-hour
deadline for the end of two weeks of protests against his government. On
Wednesday, Erdogan suggested a harsher response to the protests that
have swept his country, saying: "We have not responded to punches with
punches. From now on security forces will respond differently. This
issue will be over in 24 hours." His comments came one day after riot
police forcibly removed thousands of protesters from Istanbul's Taksim
Square with their most forceful crackdown to date. Hundreds of
protesters have returned to the square following their eviction. In one
of his few concessions to demonstrators, Erdogan also said he would
consider a referendum on the issue that sparked the initial protests,
the razing of a public park.

 

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