An almost empty Taksim Square, after Turkish police cleared anti-government demonstrators from the areaPhotograph: Sedat Suna/EPARiot police walk past Taksim Square after the crackdownPhotograph: Lam Yik Fei/Getty ImagesSupporters of Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdoğan raise their hands during an AK party rally in IstanbulPhotograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan salutes supporters during the rally. 'You will make your voice heard so anyone conspiring against Turkey will shiver,' he told the crowd. 'Turkey is not a country that international media can play games on.'Photograph: APPeople carry the coffin of Ethem Sarisuluk, killed during the protests, in Kizilay Square in AnkaraPhotograph: APElsewhere in the square, police charge protesters as the demonstrations spread across the cityPhotograph: Burhan Ozbilici/APTurkish riot police arrest doctors during clashes in Istanbul. The Turkish health ministry has issued a warning that all health professionals treating protesters during the Gezi Park protests would be prosecutedPhotograph: Ahmet Sik/EPAPolice fire teargas at demonstrators near Taksim SquarePhotograph: APWomen cover their faces as they try to avoid teargas at Kizilay SquarePhotograph: Dado Ruvic/ReutersPeople gather near Taksim Square to continue their demonstrationPhotograph: APPolice detain a protesterPhotograph: APPolice use teargas from a distancePhotograph: Imago/Barcroft MediaA protester holds a Turkish flag as he is hit by a water cannonPhotograph: Dado Ruvic/ReutersProtesters are lined up after being detained by policePhotograph: Lam Yik Fei/Getty ImagesDemonstrators throw back CS-cartridgesPhotograph: Imago/Barcroft MediaA protester puts goggles on to protect himself from teargas at Galata BridgePhotograph: Filip Singer/EPAAnti-government protesters pass stones from hand to hand to strengthen a barricade in IstanbulPhotograph: ReutersA massive group of protesters gather on John F Kennedy street in AnkaraPhotograph: Burhan Ozbilici/APAs night falls, anti-government protesters shout slogans at riot policePhotograph: ReutersA man suffering from the effects of teargas is helped inside the Divan HotelPhotograph: Jodi Hilton/NurPhoto / Rex FeatuA protester is treated for his injuries Photograph: Jodi Hilton/NurPhoto/Rex FeatuTurkish police guard the entrance of Gezi Park on 17 June in anticipation of more riotingPhotograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
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