Anti-govt protests in Turkey's Istanbul and Ankara

 

A man chant slogans with a Turkish flag on September 12, 2013 at Kadikoy neighborhood in Istanbul. Opponents say is the ruling government that participate in nationwide protests accuse Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of ruling in increasingly authoritarian style. 

 

Protesters burn fires as they wait for riot policemen at Kadikoy neighborhood in Istanbul, on September 12, 2013. Demonstrators in Turkey have been taking to the streets for four nights in a row.

 

 

Masked protesters run away from police in Istanbul, September 12, 2013. The protest movement in Turkey that started last summer and already cooled off has renewed with a violent force after the death of a protester earlier this week. Last June when thousands took to the streets expressing their discontent against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.