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| Turkish protesters vow to remain in Gezi Park despite Erdoğan concession | Turkish protesters vow to remain in Gezi Park despite Erdoğan concession |
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| Protesters occupying Gezi Park in Istanbul have vowed to continue their two-week-old sit-in despite government appeals to leave. | Protesters occupying Gezi Park in Istanbul have vowed to continue their two-week-old sit-in despite government appeals to leave. |
| After all-night talks among protesters at the camp, representatives announced that their struggle against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would go on. | After all-night talks among protesters at the camp, representatives announced that their struggle against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would go on. |
| "We will continue our resistance in the face of any injustice and unfairness taking place in our country," said Taksim Solidarity, the umbrella group representing the protesters. "This is only the beginning." | "We will continue our resistance in the face of any injustice and unfairness taking place in our country," said Taksim Solidarity, the umbrella group representing the protesters. "This is only the beginning." |
| In the capital, Ankara, police were involved in violent clashes after protesters reportedly attempted to set up barricades close to the Turkish parliament. | In the capital, Ankara, police were involved in violent clashes after protesters reportedly attempted to set up barricades close to the Turkish parliament. |
| The president, Abdullah Gul, who has often struck a more conciliatory tone during the crisis, urged the protesters to return home, saying on Twitter that the "channels for discussion and dialogue" were now open, echoing similar remarks by Erdoğan. | The president, Abdullah Gul, who has often struck a more conciliatory tone during the crisis, urged the protesters to return home, saying on Twitter that the "channels for discussion and dialogue" were now open, echoing similar remarks by Erdoğan. |
| A series of demonstrations are planned in Ankara and Istanbul this weekend organised by Erdoğan's ruling moderate Islamist AKP to rally support for the prime minister and his policies | A series of demonstrations are planned in Ankara and Istanbul this weekend organised by Erdoğan's ruling moderate Islamist AKP to rally support for the prime minister and his policies |
| On Friday Erdoğan met representatives of Taksim Solidarity and agreed to suspend plans to demolish the city centre park to build a replica of an Ottoman-era barracks. | On Friday Erdoğan met representatives of Taksim Solidarity and agreed to suspend plans to demolish the city centre park to build a replica of an Ottoman-era barracks. |
| But his hope that the concession would end the protests, which have left five dead and 5,000 injured as they have spread far beyond the original focus of the park, appear to have been dashed by the protesters' decision to stay put. | But his hope that the concession would end the protests, which have left five dead and 5,000 injured as they have spread far beyond the original focus of the park, appear to have been dashed by the protesters' decision to stay put. |
| On Friday night there was little evidence that those in the park planned to leave soon. Instead the camp swelled with ever growing numbers of supporters. | On Friday night there was little evidence that those in the park planned to leave soon. Instead the camp swelled with ever growing numbers of supporters. |
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