People affected by tear gas as riot police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
People affected by tear gas as riot police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
Riot police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
Riot police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
Riot police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
Ismail Kizilcay, a Turkish protester, injured in an attack by riot police, holds a poster of Ethem Sarsuluk, a worker injured during a protest in Ankara on Saturday, helped by a friend in Turkish capital, Ankara, late Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In Ankara and Istanbul, thousands of union members asked Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.(AP Photo)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Turkish officials, scrambling to contain tensions, have delivered more conciliatory messages to thousands of protesters denouncing what they say is the government's increasingly authoritarian rule and its meddling in lifestyles.
The efforts come ahead of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's return on Thursday from a four-day North African tour. All eyes will be on him to see if he also softens his line.
Huseyin Celik, deputy leader of Erdogan's Islamic-rooted party, said the government is sympathetic to secular-minded Turks 'concerns and is prepared to take steps to "eliminate" their fears.
He has also called on party supporters not to come out in force to greet Erdogan when he arrives.
A human rights group says "several people" were hospitalized late Wednesday when police used tear gas to disperse protests in Ankara.
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