Daily life of Demonstrators in Taksim Gezi park next to Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 6, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on June 7 his Islamic-rooted government was open to "democratic demands" as he hit back at EU criticism of his handling of a week of deadly unrest. Turkey's trouble began when police cracked down heavily on a small campaign to save Istanbul's Gezi Park, spiralling into nationwide demos against Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), seen as increasingly authoritarian. Photo by Tolga Adanali/AA/ABACAPRESS. COM