Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged supporters of his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) to use next year's local elections to "teach a lesson" to the anti-government demonstrators whose mass protests have rocked the country for over a week.
"There are just seven months left until the local elections. I want you to teach them a first lesson through democratic means at the ballot box," Erdogan told a crowd of cheering loyalists after landing at the airport in the southern city of Adana.
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