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Erdoğan's party rules out early elections as thousands defy call to end protest

8 Jun 2013: Tens of thousands of Turks mass again in Taksim Square, where activists have been sleeping in tents and buses

Turkey's protesters proclaimed as true heirs of nation's founding father

8 Jun 2013: Ataturk, the secular reformer, has become the symbol for young Turks defying what they see as Erdogan's reactionary reversion to the Ottoman past

The Observer's 20 photographs of the week

Demonstrators in Istanbul clash with riot police during the park protest

Gallery (20 pictures), 8 Jun 2013:

The best news and culture images from around the world over the past seven days

Erdoğan accuses EU members of hypocrisy over Turkey protests

7 Jun 2013: Turkish PM says methods used by Turkish police to quell demonstrations are little different from those used in US and UK

Turkey's giant construction projects fuel anger of Istanbul residents

7 Jun 2013:

Locals blame Taksim square protests on PM's plans to spend billions on shopping centres, satellite cities and new airport

Teargas: a booming market in repressing dissent

Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas against

7 Jun 2013: Anna Feigenbaum: To weapons companies, Turkish protests sit alongside terrorism as another sales opportunity. It's time to stop the mass poisoning

Turkey protests: Q&A

7 Jun 2013:

What and who is behind the demonstrations over prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's plans to redevelop an Istanbul square?

Erdoğan demands end to Turkey protests

7 Jun 2013: More than 10,000 supporters cheered defiant Turkish prime minister outside an Istanbul airport

Erdoğan rallies supporters as Turkey protests continue - video

Erdoğan defiant amid supporters as Turkey protests continue - video

Video (2min 18sec), 7 Jun 2013:

Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, gives a defiant speech in front of thousands of supporters as he returns home from a trip around North Africa

Turkey protests: Erdogan accuses EU of hypocrisy - Friday 7 June

7 Jun 2013:

Follow how the day unfolded as a defiant Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Istanbul to defend his government's crackdown against protesters

Can online environmental activism deliver change offline?

7 Jun 2013:

Alexander White:Greenpeace's Unfriend Coal campaign and the Wilderness Society's petition to protect Victoria's forests show 'clicktivism' can lead to people doing real things in the real world