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| Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park in Istanbul. | Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park in Istanbul. |
| "Our patience is at an end. I am making my warning for the last time," he said. | "Our patience is at an end. I am making my warning for the last time," he said. |
| Clashes between police and protesters in the park and adjoining Taksim Square have continued for nearly two weeks. | Clashes between police and protesters in the park and adjoining Taksim Square have continued for nearly two weeks. |
| Activists have said they will not leave Gezi Park until the government abandons plans to redevelop it. Mr Erdogan has promised a local vote on its future. | Activists have said they will not leave Gezi Park until the government abandons plans to redevelop it. Mr Erdogan has promised a local vote on its future. |
| Such a plebiscite would not be legally binding but Mr Erdogan implied he would honour its outcome. | Such a plebiscite would not be legally binding but Mr Erdogan implied he would honour its outcome. |
| "I say to the mothers and fathers please take your children in hand and bring them out," Mr Erdogan declared. | "I say to the mothers and fathers please take your children in hand and bring them out," Mr Erdogan declared. |
| "We cannot wait any more because Gezi Park does not belong to occupying forces but to the people." | "We cannot wait any more because Gezi Park does not belong to occupying forces but to the people." |
| His speech at a meeting of his ruling AK Party in the capital, Ankara, received a standing ovation. | His speech at a meeting of his ruling AK Party in the capital, Ankara, received a standing ovation. |
| Gezi Park is a rare patch of green in Turkey's biggest city, and has been the focus of public anger. | |
| Plans to redevelop it into a shopping centre were the initial spark for the protests. | |
| The prime minister has previously branded the protesters there "extremists" and "looters". |