After a fortnight of missteps, the prime minister grasps that the protests are harming his regime. But he has not recognised they are unlikely to end if he removes the freedom his people expect

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By Saturday evening, with protesters still refusing to leave, Erdogan was once again in full fire and brimstone mode as he addressed tens of thousands of supporters in a suburb of the capital, Ankara, railing about plots and criminals, and telling those in the park to leave or face again Turkey’s security forces. Riot police were deployed hours later.

Read more on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/erdogan-misses-point-turkish-unite-defend-rights

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