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) ? Tens of thousands of supporters of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are rallying in a suburb of Turkey's capital.
It amounted to a powerful show of support as his government faces down protesters holed up in an Istanbul park for the last two weeks.
The flag-waving Erdogan supporters converged Saturday in Sincan ? a suburb of the capital Ankara that is a stronghold of his Justice and Development Party.
Organizers hoisted a giant poster of Erdogan above a platform where he was expected to speak later.
Earlier Saturday, protesters at Istanbul's Gezi Park vowed to press on with their two-week sit-in there, defying government appeals and a warning from Erdogan for an end to the standoff. The sit-in has become one of the most public challenges to his decade-long tenure.
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