(9 Jun 2013) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Demonstrators on street, fires burning
2. Riot police walk down street alongside water cannon
3. Water cannon and riot police in street AUDIO shots
4. Riot police running
5. Water cannon AUDIO siren
6. Water cannon coming to a halt
7. Various of riot police on street
8. Wide of riot police AUDIO gunfire
STORYLINE
Riot police used water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators in Ankara's Kizilay Square on Sunday.
Thousands had gathered in the Turkish capital to continue their anti-government protests.
For 10 successive days, demonstrators across the country have called for the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Earlier on Sunday in Adana, where pro- and anti-government protesters clashed the previous night, Erdogan made a fiery speech from the top of a bus, deepening rifts in the highly polarised country.
He urged his supporters to avoid violence themselves and predicted that his Islamic-rooted party would defeat his opponents during local elections in March.
Protests have been held in at least 78 cities across the country so far.
Erdogan insists he is not a divisive figure.
The nationwide anti-government protests were sparked by outrage over police use of force against an environmental protest in Istanbul's Taksim Square on May 31, and have grown into a display of discontent toward Erdogan's government.
The protests have attracted a diverse crowd from a variety of social backgrounds and age groups.
Many accuse the prime minister of becoming increasingly authoritarian after 10 years in power and of trying to impose his conservative, religious mores in the country which is governed by secular laws.
Erdogan has rejected the accusations, insisting he respects all lifestyles and is the "servant" of his people.
Anti-government protests, calling for Erdogan's resignation, have now entered a tenth successive day.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday, joined by thousands of fans from Istanbul's rival football teams, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas, who had set aside their usual enmity to oppose the government.


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