In the western port city of Izmir, protesters threw fire bombs at AK Party offices overnight and television footage showed part of the building ablaze. Firefighters put out the fire, according to reporters.

Bus shelters, paving stones and street signs ripped up by protesters to make barricades that littered a major avenue by the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul where some of the heaviest clashes took place overnight, and graffiti covered walls.

Police fired tear gas at the group in an area close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Istanbul offices today.

The protesters responded by hurling stones.

The agency said as many as 500 protesters were detained overnight.

Police broke up a protests by several thousands of people in the capital Ankara.

Turkey’s Fox television reported 300 others detained in a similar crackdown in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city.

Roads around Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s office in Istanbul were sealed off as police fired teargas to push back protesters in the early hours of Monday.

In the main street near Erdogan’s office, one demonstrator drove a small mechanical digger towards police lines as other protesters followed behind. At a nearby mosque, medical staff including trainee doctors treated those hurt in the clashes.

Police raided a shopping complex in the centre of the capital Ankara where they believed demonstrators were sheltering, detaining several hundred.

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Dozens have been injured and more than 1,700 people arrested in 235 demonstrations that have flared up in 67 cities across the vast nation.

In the capital, Ankara, on Sunday, police reportedly fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd demonstrating against the government as crowds returned to Kizilay Square.

The Foreign Office has issued advice to British tourists to avoid the demonstrations. It also advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country that are close to the Syrian border, and warns of the “high threat” from terrorism.

According to The Association of British Travel Agents, around 15,000 holidaymakers from the UK would have been in Turkey over the past weekend during the half-term break.

However, many would have returned at the weekend with the end of the holidays.

Some protesters camped overnight at Istanbul’s Taksim Square, gathering around the monument to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern secular Turkey.

Akin, who has been in Taksim for the past four days, said: “We are not leaving. The only answer now is for this government to fall. We are tired of this oppressive government constantly putting pressure on us.

“This is no longer about these trees,” he said, referring to Taksim’s Gezi Park, which was the initial focus of the protests.

Amnesty International said there had been two deaths, and Turkey’s Western allies including Britain and the US called on the government to show restraint.

Police withdrew from Taksim Square on Saturday after violent clashes in which they fired tear gas and turned water cannon against the demonstrators.

The interior ministry said 53 civilians and 26 police officers were hurt during the violence, while Amnesty put the number of wounded in the hundreds.

What began as an outcry against plans to build a shopping centre or apartments on the park snowballed into a broader protest against the government, which critics say has become increasingly authoritarian.

Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas has said he regrets “not informing the people enough” on the details of the construction project in Taksim, the spark that led to the protests.

Earlier, shopkeepers and municipal workers started cleaning up the streets where the violence had taken place.

“There is about 48 hours-worth of damage done here,” she said.

“There is graffiti up and down the street calling for Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, to resign; calling for people to unite against fascism.”

Shopkeepers scrubbed anti-government graffiti off walls, and slogans were also sprayed on burnt-out vehicles including a police car and a bus.

On Saturday, Mr Erdogan said there had been examples of “extreme” police action, but said that the Taksim Square develpment would go ahead.

He added: “I call on the protesters to stop their demonstrations immediately.”

The Interior Ministry said that legal action would be taken against police officers who had acted “disproportionately”.

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