ALJAZEERA: …Twenty more protesters were arrested after a fifth day of protests, even as Turkey’s deputy prime minister has apologised for “excessive violence” against protesters trying to save a park in Istanbul.
It is unclear whether the remarks made on Tuesday by Bulent Arinc, who is standing in for the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while he is out of the country, were towing an official government line.
Arinc admitted the state had acted harshly when it sent in police to clear environmentalists participating in a sit-in protest to save Istanbul’s Gezi Park last week… (more)
