{"id":38902,"date":"2013-06-14T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T09:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=38902"},"modified":"2013-06-14T12:07:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T09:07:39","slug":"turkey-riotlast-warning-from-pm-erdogan-for-gezi-park-protesters-breaking-news-38902","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkey-riotlast-warning-from-pm-erdogan-for-gezi-park-protesters-breaking-news-38902\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Riot:Last warning from PM Erdogan for Gezi Park protesters \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given a “final warning” for protesters to leave Istanbul’s Gezi Park, the site of major protests for the past two weeks.<\/h1>\n

PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded an end to the occupation – staged in the park beside Taksim Square – as he struggles to quell the largest political crisis of his decade-long leadership.<\/p>\n

“We have arrived at the end of our patience,” Mr Erdogan told local party leaders in the Turkish capital Ankara.<\/p>\n

“I am giving you my final warning,” he said, directing his comments towards the protesters.<\/p>\n

He also urged parents with children at the park to convince them to return home.<\/p>\n

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency says the prime minister will meet representatives of the protesters later tonight.<\/p>\n

Mr Erdogan\u00a0has held talks with protest leaders from Taksim Solidarity, a group that has been coordinating much of the Gezi sit-in.<\/p>\n

Speculation continues about when a possible final police raid might take place.<\/p>\n

Mr Erdogan has offered no timetable for it and the Interior Ministry has declined to comment on the subject.<\/p>\n

But Hulya Avsar, a prominent actress who met with Mr Erdogan earlier Thursday, said the prime minister wants an end to the stand-off soon.<\/p>\n

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“‘In case they don’t withdraw in 24 hours, there will be some sort of intervention,'” she quoted the prime minister as saying.<\/p>\n

“At that point, I said, ‘I will leave’ – because there was nothing to talk about.”<\/p>\n

Inside the park, many scoffed at the prime minister’s tactics and language, insisting that Mr\u00a0Erdogan was turning a deaf ear to the Turks who didn’t vote for him when he was re-elected in 2011.<\/p>\n

“Each of us is already an independent individual, may be also a father or a mother. My mum and dad do not think that there is an objection for being here,” said demonstrator Hasan Husein Karabulut.<\/p>\n

Gezi Park’s sit-in began as a small movement, with mainly environmental activists trying to prevent a development project that would cut down trees to put up a replica of an Ottoman barracks.<\/p>\n

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Then police cracked down on the protesters on May 31, causing widespread outrage.<\/p>\n

Each day saw more tents pitched on the park’s grassy verges, more banners erected, and more donations of food and blankets for the protesters.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations then spread to dozens of cities, rallying tens of thousands of people each night, and shifted into a broader protest against Mr Erdogan’s rule.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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