Turkey apologises for crackdown that spurred protests

June 05, 2013 04:08

Turkey's deputy prime minister apologised on Tuesday for the 'excessive violence' used by the police last week againstdemonstrators opposing the razing of an Istanbul park, the start of what later became nationwide protests against the pro-Islamic government.

The deputy, Bulent Arinc, speaking at a news conference broadcast live from Ankara, appeared to be trying to ease mounting criticism after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday referred to the thousands who have been protesting in 67 cities for at least five days as extremists led by the main opposition party.

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