SINCAN, Turkey (AP) ? Tens of thousands of supporters of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are rallying in a suburb of Turkey's capital.
It amounted to a powerful show of support as his government faces down protesters holed up in an Istanbul park for the last two weeks.
The flag-waving Erdogan supporters converged Saturday in Sincan ? a suburb of the capital Ankara that is a stronghold of his Justice and Development Party.
Organizers hoisted a giant poster of Erdogan above a platform where he was expected to speak later.
Earlier Saturday, protesters at Istanbul's Gezi Park vowed to press on with their two-week sit-in there, defying government appeals and a warning from Erdogan for an end to the standoff. The sit-in has become one of the most public challenges to his decade-long tenure.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-pm-supporters-turn-force-rally-143247572.html
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