[Nedusa]

Turkey's Deputy PM Bulent Arinc has apologised to protesters injured in demonstrations opposing the demolition of an Istanbul park.He called for the protests to end, saying they had been taken over by "terrorist elements".

The protests have escalated into five days of unrest in cities across Turkey.

Clearly the Turkish Government is getting pretty worried now about how events have begun to escalate. You would have thought the Prime Minister himself Mr Erdogan would have apologised....!!!!