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‘Teach protesters a lesson’ in polls, urges Turkey PM

AFP – Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied supporters on Sunday after anti-government protesters burned tyres and hurled fireworks at riot police firing back tear gas in unrelenting civil unrest. The fresh clashes raised pressure on Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted conservative government.

Hundreds of people banged pots and waved Turkish flags in New York on Saturday in solidarity with protestors in Turkey defying Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to end their civil uprising. “Erdogan listen to your people” was among the banners flying in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.