Erdogan gives Taksim Square protestors 'final warning' to leave

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked a small delegation of protesters to persuade the hundreds of others occupying an Istanbul park to withdraw, hopefully by the end of the day.

Turkish activists leading a sit-in were considering a promise by Mr Erdogan to let the courts – and a potential referendum – decide the fate of an Istanbul park redevelopment project that has sparked Turkey’s biggest protests in decades.