PM's office attacked

A group of protesters threw stones at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office in Istanbul on Saturday night.

The protesters demanded Erdogan step down, calling his government "fascist" during their protests in Istanbul and other cities.

Earlier, Erdogan called on demonstrators to end their protest, saying the government will press ahead with the redevelopment plans for Gezi Park that sparked the demonstrations.

Meanwhile, hundreds of angry protesters demonstrated in New York on Saturday in a show of support for the protests in Turkey.

The marchers gathered at Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street, which was the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement when it took over the public space in late 2011.

Many people wore red and white, the colors of the Turkish flag. They chanted slogans such as "Tayip, Resign!" in Turkish. Their banners read, in English and Turkish, "Enough!" and "Resistanbul".

Xinhua - AFP

(China Daily 06/03/2013 page11)