Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C, in the background) addresses his supporters during a rally by the ruling AK Party in Kayseri June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told thousands of supporters in the Black Sea city of Samsun on Saturday that weeks of often violent protests against his government had played into the hands of Turkey's enemies.
As he finished speaking, around 10,000 protesters had gathered in Istanbul's Taksim Square, many of them to attend a planned laying down of carnations in memory of the four people who had been killed in the unrest.
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