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A protester
stands atop of a destroyed car during a rally at the Taskim square in
Istanbul early Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared among urban
and secular Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development
sit-in in the landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens
of other cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP
Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this photo
taken late Saturday, June 1, 2013, a demonstrator waves a national flag
as Turkish protesters clash with riot police near the former Ottoman
palace, Dolmabahce, where Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
maintains an office in Istanbul, Turkey. Protests in Istanbul, Ankara
and several other Turkish cities appear to have subsided Sunday, after
days of fierce clashes following a police crackdown on a peaceful
gathering as protesters denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo)
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In this photo
taken late Saturday, June 1, 2013, a masked couple walk as Turkish
protesters clash with riot police near the former Ottoman palace,
Dolmabahce, where Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains
an office in Istanbul, Turkey. Protests in Istanbul, Ankara and several
other Turkish cities appear to have subsided Sunday, after days of
fierce clashes following a police crackdown on a peaceful gathering as
protesters denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo)
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Turkish
protesters confront riot police near the former Ottoman palace,
Dolmabahce, where Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains
an office in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, June 1, 2013. Turkish
police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing
barricades and allowing in thousands of protesters in a move to calm
tensions after furious anti-government protests turned the city center
into a battlefield. A second day of national protests over a violent
police raid of an anti-development sit-in in Taksim square has revealed
the depths of anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who
many Turks view as increasingly authoritarian and dismissive of opposing
views.(AP Photo)
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Protesters
gather around a fire set by them during a rally at the Taskim square in
Istanbul early Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared among urban
and secular Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development
sit-in in the landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens
of other cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP
Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Protesters look
a destroyed car during a rally at the Taskim square in Istanbul early
Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared among urban and secular
Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development sit-in in the
landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens of other
cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
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Protesters look
a destroyed car during a rally at the Taskim square in Istanbul early
Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared among urban and secular
Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development sit-in in the
landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens of other
cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)
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A protester
tries to hang a small Turkish flag on the statue of Mustafa Kemal
Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, during a rally at the Taskim
square in Istanbul early Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared
among urban and secular Turks after police violently broke up an
anti-development sit-in in the landmark Taksim Square, with protests
spreading to dozens of other cities as demonstrators denounced what they
see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian
style. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this photo
taken late Saturday, June 1, 2013, Turkish protesters clash with riot
police near the former Ottoman palace, Dolmabahce, where Turkey's Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains an office in Istanbul, Turkey.
Protests in Istanbul, Ankara and several other Turkish cities appear to
have subsided Sunday, after days of fierce clashes following a police
crackdown on a peaceful gathering as protesters denounced what they see
as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian
style. (AP Photo)
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CORRECTS DAY
TO SATURDAY In this photo taken late Saturday, June 1, 2013, riot police
fire, as they clash with protestors, near the former Ottoman palace,
Dolmabahce, where Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains
an office in Istanbul, Turkey. Protests in Istanbul, Ankara and several
other Turkish cities appear to have subsided Sunday, after days of
fierce clashes following a police crackdown on a peaceful gathering as
protesters denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo)
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In this photo
taken late Saturday, June 1, 2013, a man watches as Turkish protesters
clash with riot police near the former Ottoman palace, Dolmabahce, where
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintains an office in
Istanbul, Turkey. Protests in Istanbul, Ankara and several other Turkish
cities appear to have subsided Sunday, after days of fierce clashes
following a police crackdown on a peaceful gathering as protesters
denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo)
ISTANBUL — Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is an
authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even
as hundreds moved back into the landmark square that was the site of the
fiercest anti-government outburst in years.
Over the past three days, protesters around the country have
unleashed pent-up resentment against Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who after 10
years in office many secular Turks see as an uncompromising figure with
undue influence in every part of life.
A huge, exuberant protest in Taksim Square subsided overnight, but
hundreds of people were streaming into the area again on Sunday and some
1,500 people were assembling in a square in Ankara, the capital.
Many waved flags, sang and called on Erdogan to resign. Some
protesters have compared him to a sultan and denounced him as a
dictator.
"If they call someone who has served the people a 'dictator,' I have
nothing to say," Erdogan said in an address to a group representing
migrants from the Balkans. "My only concern has been to serve my
country."
In another speech delivered an hour later, Erdogan said: "I am not
the master of the people. Dictatorship does not run in my blood or in my
character. I am the servant of the people."
The demonstrations were ignited by a violent police crackdown on a
peaceful sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at Istanbul's Taksim
Square.
Police and protesters clashed violently on Friday and Saturday, with
clouds of tear gas overwhelming the normally touristy city center and
hundreds injured.
Thousands flooded into the square on Saturday after police lifted
barricades to try to reduce tensions. The government said some 1,000
people were detained during the protests.
There were violent clashes between police and demonstrators trying to
approach Erdogan's offices both in Ankara and Istanbul late on
Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of any skirmishes on
Sunday.
Erdogan continued to maintain a defiant tone, calling the protests
"ideological" and manipulated by an opposition "unable to beat (the
government) at the ballot box."
He also reiterated that his government would not back away from plans
to uproot trees at Taksim as part of his urban renovation plans for the
area. In a statement that could cause more controversy, he also
declared that a mosque would be built at Taksim.
The mosque plans have long been contentious because it would further
shrink the green spaces in Istanbul's city center. Some argue that there
are already plenty of mosques around Taksim.
"I am not going to seek the permission of the (the opposition) or a handful of plunderers," Erdogan said.
Erdogan also defended his government's environmental record, saying
it had planted two billion trees since coming to office in 2002.
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