Government offers limited concessions as defiant Occupy Turkey protesters continue to hold ground

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Turkish deputy PM seeks to calm anti-government protests

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By Birsen Altayli and Ayla Jean Yackley

ISTANBUL | (Reuters) – Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations in which two people have died stretched into a fifth day. Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government apologised on Tuesday to wounded protestors and said it had “learnt its lesson” after days of mass street demonstrations that have posed the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decade in office. The United Nations joined Washington in pressing #OccupyTurkey

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I am interviewed here in Voice of Russia (English), Rusyanın Sesi (Turkish) by @omerurun 4 June Taksim Square. Occupiers caught in crime: Doing Yoga This is how barricades are made: A u-turn in Turkish politics? Gezi Park in perspective The simmering dissent and dissatisfaction unleashed at Gezi.

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