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Turkey Kurdistan News - in Brief
21.11.2005
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One Kurdish protester killed by Turkish police in
Mersin
Kurdistan-Turkey,
Nov 21- A Kurdish protester was killed and two
others were wounded when Turkish police opened fire
on demonstrators in the Çilek district of Mersin in
southern Turkey on Sunday.
About hundred Kurdish demonstrators had gathered in
the Çilek district to protest against the bomb
attack on a Kurdish bookstore carried out by a
Turkish intelligence unit on Nov. 9 in the city of
Semdinli in Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey). The
demonstrators blocked the Bekirde Street to traffic
and chanted slogans in favor of the Kurdish national
leader Abdullah Ocalan and the Kurdish resistance
movement PKK.
Turkish police arriving at the scene clashed with
the demonstrators who threw stones at the Turkish
armored police vehicles. Turkish police opened fire
on the demonstrators. Murat Demir (19) was killed
immediately. Recep Çagla (18) was shot in the chest
and Enver Ekinci (17) was shot in the knee cap.
Çagla's condition remains critical.
8 Kurdish demonstrators were arrested by Turkish
police. The Kurdish news agency DIHA's reporter
Nesrin Yazar was also arrested by Turkish police
when she took pictures outside the Toros State
Hospital where Ekinci was taken.
An upset family member of Murat Demir tried to stab
a Turkish police officer outside the hospital where
Demir had been taken, but was stopped by other
members of the family.
Tension remains high in the district. |
Photo: Internet |
Turkish armored police vehicle set on fire in
Istanbul
NEWSDESK, Nov 20
- A Turkish armored police vehicle were set on fire
and several people were injured when Kurdish youth
clashed with Turkish police in the district of
Küçükçekmece in Istanbul on Nov. 20.
The Kurdish youth had gathered in Kanarya in
Küçükçekmece to read a statement and carry out a
demonstration against the bomb attack carried out by
a Turkish military intelligence unit on Nov. 9 on a
Kurdish bookstore owned by a Kurdish politician from
the pro-Kurdish party DTP party in the city of
Semdinli in northern Kurdistan (southeastern
Turkey).
The group set off walking to a nearby district,
chanting slogans in favor of the Kurdish national
leader Abdullah Ocalan and the Kurdish resistance
movement PKK. Turkish police blocked the group's
path on the 'Shahin street' and attacked the Kurds
in order to disperse them. Kurdish youth decomposed
the pavements throwing the stones on the Turkish
police. A armored police vehicle was set on fire by
several Molotov *censored*tails thrown by the
Kurdish youth.
Turkish police from other districts were called to
the scene of the clashes. The Kurdish groups
dispersed into the cross streets continuing their
clashes with police. 12 Kurds have been arrested
until now. The 'Shahin street' has been locked down
by Turkish police and the clashes are reportedly
continuing in the cross streets between
demonstrators and police.
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