i can tell you it is a wet morning here. but these protesters who have been camped out for the past two weeks are still there. in the past two days prime minister recep tayyip erdogan issued what he called his final warning to the protesters to leave the park before he cleans it. but overnight the prime minister met with protest leaders, he said his government will comply with the court orders, to suspend the construction project in the park. which was at the issue that sparked the protests. that is one small issue. the anger with the prime minister and his government is still very high. the protest leader said the protesters will decide for themselves when to go home. so at least this morning, the standoff continues. john, diana. abc s alex marquardt reporting live from istanbul, turkey. thank you. polls open in iran as voters select a replacement for president mahmoud ahmadinejad. six candidates are in the race, a moderate, four conservatives and a hard-liner. all loyal to iran s
if he is in trouble on some policies, i think president obama dares a fair measure of the blame. ivan watson, what happens at dawn? what happens in the day tomorrow? these protesters are still out there. a lot of people have been injured over the last month or so. thousands have been injured, some killed. but what happens? well, we ve seen this cycle before. istanbul was quiet for five, six days in between rounds of violence. people start to go back to work, some of these protesters go back. and then by evening, the violence starts up again. and the clashes start again in the side streets. a very important thing to note, this is not just istanbul, the largest city. there have been clashes in other cities. this is much bigger, though the
up. vo: opportunity, that s the real walmart. welcome back. you re looking at taksim square in the middle of istanbul. this is earlier today. we ve began seeing armored trucks pushing people back, protesters launching fireworks. christiane amanpour joining us now. also is professor fouad ajami, senior fellow at stanford university. you ve been talking to turkish officials all day. what do you make of this?
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the statements coming out of the white house. we want peace and order in the states of istanbul and ankura. that s standard, boilerplate. the fundamental point about the relationship between the prime minister and president obama was really laid bare some fortnight ago when the prime minister of turkey came to washington. he came with this hope that he can convince president obama to step into the breach on syria. he wanted president obama to give him cover, because the truth is, in turkey, in turkey, the policy of the prime minister, the activism towards syria is unpopular. people don t want to be involved in the syrian crisis. so he came to washington in the hope that he would have his back covered by president obama. he got nothing of the sort. he went home, and i think this is really it s really about that in terms of u.s.-turkish relations.