Istanbul Park Project 'Could Go to Referendum' after Protest
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The redevelopment of a small Istanbul park at the center of nationwide demonstrations could go to a referendum, the government said Wednesday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with protest leaders to defuse tensions.
"We might put it to a referendum.... In democracies only the will of the people counts," government spokesman Huseyin Celik told reporters, adding that the protesters who have been camping out in Gezi Park for nearly two weeks need to leave "as soon as possible".
