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Police enter Istanbul's Gezi Park after Erdogan warning Police clear Istanbul's Gezi Park after Erdogan warning
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Riot police have moved into the protest camp in Istanbul's Gezi Park, using tear gas and water cannon. Riot police have moved to clear the protest camp in Istanbul's Gezi Park, using tear gas and water cannon.
Officers issued calls on loudspeakers urging those in the park to leave. Police began dismantling the tents that protesters had put up in the park.
The move came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to evacuate the area ahead of a rally by his AK party on Sunday.The move came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to evacuate the area ahead of a rally by his AK party on Sunday.
Plans to redevelop the park sparked a wave of broader anti-government unrest and protesters had vowed to stay there until their demands were met.Plans to redevelop the park sparked a wave of broader anti-government unrest and protesters had vowed to stay there until their demands were met.
Police began tore down the tents and stalls that protesters had put up in the park. Local residents took to their balconies or leant out of windows banging pots and pans, while car drivers sounded their horns in support of the protesters, Reuters news agency reports.
Earlier, in a speech in the capital Ankara, Mr Erdogan told thousands of cheering AK party supporters: "If Taksim Square is not evacuated, this country's security forces will know how to evacuate it." Earlier, in a speech in the capital Ankara, Mr Erdogan told thousands of AK party supporters: "If Taksim Square is not evacuated, this country's security forces will know how to evacuate it."
"Nobody can intimidate us. We take no orders or instruction from anyone but God," he added.
He also dismissed the wave of demonstrations as part of an organised plot against him.
On 31 May, a crackdown on environmentalists in Gezi Park provoked protests across Turkey against the police's actions and against Mr Erdogan's government.
On Saturday, the protesters vowed to stay there, despite a promise by Mr Erdogan to halt the development plan for the park until a court ruling on the issue.
Five people have died and thousands have been injured since the protests began.
Demonstrators have accused Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and of trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.
The police crackdown on protesters in Istanbul, Ankara, and other towns and cities has drawn international concern, especially from Europe.