Kurds, police clash in Turkey
- 12 years ago
Tension in southeastern Turkey. Kurds hurled petrol bombs and stones at police in Hakkari as the group gathered to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the capture of of Abdullah Ocalan, former head of the Kurdish Worker's Party or PKK.
Police responded with water cannons and and smoke grenades which one protester returned.
In Istanbul, Kurds staged a sit in after police prevented them from marching to the main square. Efforts to break up the crowd ended with thirty protesters being detained by police.
Ocalan , who is serving a life sentence for treason, spent many years advocating for a separate Kurdish homeland --- a stance he's moved away from in recent years as he pushes for more political autonomy for Kurds.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
Police responded with water cannons and and smoke grenades which one protester returned.
In Istanbul, Kurds staged a sit in after police prevented them from marching to the main square. Efforts to break up the crowd ended with thirty protesters being detained by police.
Ocalan , who is serving a life sentence for treason, spent many years advocating for a separate Kurdish homeland --- a stance he's moved away from in recent years as he pushes for more political autonomy for Kurds.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.