ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION).<br/> <br />STORY: Anti-government demonstrations on the streets of Istanbul's Kadikoy district, denouncing a spiralling corruption scandal, broke into clashes late on Wednesday.<br/> <br />Turkish riot police used water cannon and smoke grenades to disperse angry crowds who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.<br/> <br />The demonstration which had started out peacefully saw protesters chant slogans and wave banner calling for the government to resign.<br/> <br />Demonstrators also hit Ankara and Izmir over the corruption scandal that has posed an unprecedented challenge to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's 11-year rule.<br/> <br />The crisis erupted on Dec. 17 when dozens of people, including of the head of state-run Halkbank, were arrested on graft charges. Erdogan responded by purging police investigators. The ensuing feud with the judiciary reignited long-simmering street protests and rattled foreign investors.<br/> <br />Erdogan reshuffled his cabinet late on Wedne
