Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday gave demonstrators occupying a park in central Istanbul an ultimatum: Leave or be forced out, dpa reported. "We will no longer wait and see," he was quoted as saying by Turkish media. He spoke of a "final warning" after earlier announcing police would no longer tolerate the protest camp in Gezi Park, in Taksim Square. Protests began two weeks ago against a building project planned in the park. A police crackdown prompted demonstrations to break out in other cities and for the protests to widen into criticism of Erdogan and his government.
