Tens of thousands take part as growing Occupy Turkey protests continue challenging PM Erdogan

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Turkey clashes re-erupt, protestors rage at defiant PM

AFP – Clashes re-erupted in Turkish cities Monday as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugged off mass protests against his Islamic-rooted government that have left at least one man dead. Despite facing the fiercest challenge to his rule since he came to office in 2002, with protestors hurling stones.

Erdogan’s defiant style keeps Turkish protesters fueled with anger (+video)

Turkish protesters battle police with stones and makeshift barricades through clouds of tear gas, beside Dolmabahçe Palace near the office of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to protest what they say is his increasingly authoritarian rule, in Istanbul, Turkey.