Defying gov't, Turkish protesters to stay in park
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A Turkish activist says protesters have agreed to press on with their 2-week-long sit-in at a cherished Istanbul park, despite government appeals and warnings for the standoff with authorities to end. Tayfun Kahraman made the comment to The Associated Press on Saturday after a series of discussions among protesters in Gezi Park to decide on their next move.
He was one of two activists in Taksim Solidarity, an umbrella group of protest movements, who had met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a day earlier. (AP)
