Turkey Protests: PM Erdogan Issues Stern Warning -- BBC
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will not show "any more tolerance" for protests.
He vowed to end the demonstrations after police cleared Istanbul's Taksim Square, the focal point of unrest for nearly two weeks.
Police used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets, causing many to flee the square into adjoining Gezi Park.
The unrest began after a crackdown on an environmental protest over Gezi Park's redevelopment.
The protests then widened, with demonstrators accusing Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.
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