Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged supporters to start demonstrations against protesters in Ankara on Saturday and Istanbul on Sunday. Protesters plan to rally 1 million people at the Taksim Square. Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said on Twitter that he will join them, RIA Novosti reports.
EU Chief Diplomat Catherine Ashton expressed concerns with the situation and condolences to relatives of people killed in the protests yesterday. She reminded that the Copenhagen Criteria on respect of human rights and freedom were essential in the process of obtaining EU membership.
