ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology for a violent crackdown on an environmental protest, in a bid to appease days of anti-government rallies across Turkey as hundreds of riot police deployed around the prime minister's office in the capital Tuesday. Bulent Arinc, who is standing in for the prime minister while he
Turkish Official Apologizes For Crackdown As Protests Continue
Turkey’s deputy prime minister called the attack on protesters “wrong and unjust,” but it remains unclear if he was delivering the official line.