Calm swept into Gezi Park last night as thousands of protesters listened in silence as German pianist Davide Martello and Turkish musician Yiğit Özatalay played for them.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a “final warning” to protesters to leave Gezi Park in Istanbul, following the lrage-scale police operation that cleared adjacent Taksim Square on Tuesday night.
After a night of clashes between protesters and riot police, tensions remain high but the trouble has quietened down for now in Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
After nearly two weeks of peaceful anti-government protests in Turkey, riot police have stormed the focal point of the demonstrations – Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
Thousands of supporters greeted prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan outside an Istanbul airport chanting “let us go, let’s crush Taksim”, as fear spreads that violent clashes are soon to follow.