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ISTANBUL, (SANA – M. Nassr/M. Ismael) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan said that the demonstrations in Turkey in which thousands of Turkish people took to the streets in protest against his government are motivated by an internal and external conspiracy.

In a press conference held on Tuesday in Istanbul, Erdogan said that the protests are organized by radical groups, adding that there is internal and external conspiracy behind these demonstrations.

He held the Republican People’s Party (CHP) responsible for the demonstrations, despite the fact that several Turkish and international media outlets stressed that the majority of the protestors are not members of any political party, saying that the CHP along with external “hands” organized the events with the aim of spreading the protests in the country.

Erdogan refused to call the current events in Turkey a “Turkish Spring”, adding that “The demonstrations are destructive…We will defend the public areas and institutions.”

The protests against Erdogan’s policies continue in most of the Turkish cities for the fourth day in a row. Reports said that 1 protestor was killed and hundreds injured, and around 1, 700 were arrested in the Turkish police crackdown on peaceful protestors.

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