ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Sunday that the patience of his Islamic-rooted government "has a limit" as mass protests against his decade-long rule raged for a 10th day.

"We remained patient, we are still patient but there's a limit to our patience," Mr Erdogan told thousands of cheering supporters of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) as he landed at Ankara's airport, hours after rallying loyalists in two other Turkish cities.