A quiet morning in Istanbul's Taksim Square after days of clashes between security forces and protesters.<br/> <br />On Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan defended the police operation that cleared the downtown area using tear gas and water cannons.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER, TAYYIP ERDOGAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We did whatever we had to in a state of law," he said. "We have cleared out Taksim Square and Gezi Park from these invaders. You know they have destroyed everything."<br/> <br />He said the unrest had cost the state more than $53 million dollars.<br/> <br />It has also claimed four lives and left thousands injured.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL RESIDENT, SENAM SARACH, SAYING:<br/> <br />"They call the protesters provocateurs, but I think the government and the prime minister are the biggest provocateurs. They don't see these people, they don't understand, they don't want to see what these people are looking for."<br/> <br />A defiant few returned to the square on Tues
