At least 300,000 Turks protest Islamic-rooted government

Hundreds of thousands of pro-secular Turks flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, which they fear is leading Turkey toward Islamic rule.

The demonstrators, who numbered at least 300,000 according to police and up to 1 million according to local media, took to the streets following a sharp rise in tension between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and the country’s powerful pro-secular military, which accuses the government of tolerating or encouraging the activities of radical Islamic circles. (AP)