The demonstrations overnight in Istanbul were the most dramatic so far. Protesters in the Dolmabahce neighbourhoods built barricades and tried to reach the prime minister's office. Witnesses say they got hold of a digger and drove it at police lines. Demonstrators also tried to march on the prime minister's office in the capital Ankara. They were met by the police who fired tear gas and water cannon. The government has reacted angrily to the continuing protests. The prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has dismissed accusations that he acts in an authoritarian manner. Erdogan has insisted that a controversial plan to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul, the issue which sparked the initial protests on Friday, will still go ahead.


昨晚在伊斯坦布尔的示威活动到目前为止是最引人注目的。抗议者在多瑪巴切街区建立路障，并试图进入到总理办公室。 目击者称他们得到了一台挖掘机，并在警戒线内行使。示威者还试图进军位于首都安卡拉的总理办公室。他们被警方发现，随后警方向他们发射催泪弹和水炮。 政府对持续的抗议反应很愤怒。总理雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安，已驳回对他专制的行事方式的指控。 埃尔多安坚持在伊斯坦布尔重建公园这一有争议的计划，这一问题最终引发了上周五的最初的抗议，抗议仍然会继续下去。