By Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan made a defiant call for an end to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years on Saturday, as thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in Istanbul and Ankara for a second day. The unrest was triggered by government plans for a replica Ottoman-era barracks housing shops or apartments in Istanbul's Taksim Square, long a venue for political protest, but has widened into a broader show of defiance against Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP). …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-police-fire-tear-gas-worst-protests-years-003209174.html

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