Turkish riot policeman walk, in Taksim square in Istanbul, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Turkish riot policeman walk, in Taksim square in Istanbul, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Protesters sit on the steps of Gezi Park of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A sleeping protester on a bench is covered with umbrellas at the Gezi Park of theTaksim Square in Istanbul early Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters held debates in several locations in Gezi Park to discuss the results of a meeting their representatives had with the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and whether his proposal was enough for them to end their occupation of the park. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A bulldozer cleans the entrance of Gezi Park from debris in Istanbul, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
People light candles for the victims of the protests at Taksim square, in Istanbul, early Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters were holding debates in several locations in Gezi Park to discuss the results of a meeting their representatives had with the prime minister and whether his proposal was enough for them to end their occupation of the park.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
SINCAN, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's prime minister has threatened protesters that if they don't leave Istanbul's Taksim Square, security forces "know how to clear it."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking at a rally of tens of thousands of supporters in the Ankara suburb of Sincan. It came just hours after protesters in the square's Gezi Park defied Erdogan's warning that they must leave.
Erdogan warns: "I say this very clearly: either Taksim Square is cleared, or if it isn't cleared then the security forces of this country will know how to clear it."
A violent police crackdown on a sit-in protesting a redevelopment plan in Gezi Park has sparked much broader anti-government demonstrations.
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