Turkey PM Erdogan demands ‘immediate end’ to protests

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WELCOME BACK. Supporters of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a poster with his picture (R) and that of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern day Turkey, at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul on June 6, 2013. AFP/Ozan Kose

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, June 7, demanded an “immediate end” to a week of protests against his rule that have sparked deadly unrest, speaking after landing back in the country from a trip abroad. “I call for an immediate end to the demonstrations, which have lost their democratic credentials and turned into vandalism,” he told a yelling crowd of supporters at an Istanbul airport.


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