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'There is the level of desperation' While the protests are unlikely to threaten the rule of Erdogan, who has become danbury fair mall one of the leaders of Turkey's most popular and is credited for overseeing a decade of economic growth, they are raising questions about what critics say is a style increasingly authoritarian of administration. iReport: Wedding midst of teargas Some groups of demonstrators have shifted to protesting in their local neighborhoods in the city, set barricades. Meanwhile, the atmosphere in confrontations between police and protesters is turning uglier. "Now it feels like no level of desperation," said Clare Murray, who was on vacation in Istanbul from New York last week. "The police seem more comfortable with using aggression." danbury fair mall Since Saturday night, 116 people have been detained during protests in Ankara and 242 people have been detained in Istanbul demonstrations, said Huseyin Aslan, general secretary of the Progressive Lawyers Association. Erdogan remains defiant, accusing out to take advantage of the protests over the park On Sunday, thousands of his supporters gathered at a rally a few miles from Taksim Square, waving flags and singing songs at a rally that was widely viewed as. Re- public election for prime minister. Erdogan sought to contrast his supporters and protesters. "Hundreds of thousands in here are not like the vandals with petrol bombs in their hands," he said. One day strike After the weekend tumult, the trade unions added their clout to the demonstrations with their one-day danbury fair mall strike. unions involved have hundreds of thousands of members in sectors that include public services and utilities such as electricity and water supply They do not, however, be members enough shut those industries down altogether .. Under the government of Erdogan danbury fair mall , Turkish workers have "domesticated like animals by being kept hungry," one worker at a union office in Istanbul said. "Magezi Park made us realize we are not animals in a group, we are individuals," said the employee, who did not give his name. previous strike during the anti-government demonstrations took place near the beginning danbury fair mall of this month. Erdogan complained Saturday that demonstrators were not meeting him half. "We have reached out with our hands," he said. "However, danbury fair mall some people returned their fists in response. Would you shake hands with those who reach out with a fist? "He also ridiculed the assertion protesters' that they are environmentalists, calling them" thugs "and citing honking their horns as evidence of" noise pollution. "And he accused demonstrators danbury fair mall of inciting violence sectarian by attacking a woman in a headscarf, kicking her, dragging her on the ground and snatching her head cover. Erdogan praised his government's performance over the past 10 years, citing a rising danbury fair mall standard of living, quintupling of central danbury fair mall bank reserves and plans to build an airport. Roots of unrest protests started in Istanbul nearly three weeks ago, when a small group of people turned out to protest government plans to bulldoze Magezi Park and replace it with a shopping mall housed within the camp replica of 19th century Ottoman. Protesters said the plans represented a creeping infringement on their rights in a secular society. Turkey danbury fair mall was founded after secularists fail Islamic Ottoman forces in the early 20th century, and many modern-day secularists frown on Ottoman symbols. has broadened in the outpouring of protest in the square and throughout the country as security forces cracked down on protesters. unrest also brought political risks for Erdogan, a populist and democratic politician serving his third term in office. One man stood silently in Istanbul Taksim Square for hours Monday night, defying police who break weekend anti-government protests with tear gas and water cannon and drawing hundreds of others to his vigil. For more than five hours, he appeared stare at the picture of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish nation Police danbury fair mall eventually moved in to arrest many of those who joined him, but whether Erdem Gündüz -. Performance artist quickly dubbed the "standing man" - was in custody was unclear early Tuesday. Turkey has been wracked by more than two weeks of protests against the government of Turkish Prime Minister danbury fair mall Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But many of those who joined late Gündüz