The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first conciliatory gesture towards protestors, agreeing to meet with them this week, amid mass demonstrations against government policies, that have been criticised of restricting lifestyles.
Speaking after a weekly cabinet meeting, the deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, announced that demonstration representatives would be given a chance to meet the prime minister on Wednesday.
The prime minister had previously blamed external influences for the unrest in turkey, claiming that there is concrete evidence of international ties to protests.