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16th February 2011, 00:41
euronewstv report here:
http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/15/urdish-protestors-clash-with-police-in-turkey/
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Report: Kurdish protesters clash with police on 12th anniversary of rebel leader's capture
By The Associated Press (CP) – 9 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish news agencies say Kurdish protesters have clashed with police during protests marking the 12th anniversary of the capture of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Anatolia and Dogan news agencies said protesters on Tuesday hurled rocks and fire bombs during clashes with police in 12 cities and towns across Turkey.
Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to break up the protest over Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Ocalan's continued imprisonment.
At least 30 demonstrators were detained.
Ocalan was captured in Kenya in 1999 and returned to Turkey where he was sentenced to death for treason.
His sentence was later commuted to life in prison. His group has fought for autonomy since 1984.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hMo_31lxCddSjQkRhpyVI53lpmGg?docId=5958233
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Police, Kurdish demonstrators clash in Turkey
Kurdish demonstrators clash with police during protests that mark the anniversary of a rebel leader
AFP , Tuesday 15 Feb 2011
Police detained some 100 Kurdish demonstrators across southeast Turkey on Tuesday in clashes during protests marking the anniversary Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture.
Around 2,000 people gathered in downtown Diyarbakir, the largest city of the the mainly Kurdish region, denouncing Ocalan's capture in Kenya on 15 February 1999, an AFP reporter said.
Riot police used tear gas to stop the crowd from marching on the city's main avenue, coming under a hail of sticks and stones from the demonstrators.
Some 20 people were detained. At least one policeman and a protester were injured.
Most shopkeepers in the city kept their businesses closed, heeding a traditional Kurdish custom of lending support to protests in the region.
In nearby Batman, police detained more than 30 people in similar unrest, local officials said.
About 50 others were taken into custody at demonstrations in Hakkari, Van and Sanliurfa, media reports said.
Violent Kurdish protests have become a fixture on the anniversaries of Ocalan's capture.
Aided by US intelligence services, Turkish agents nabbed Ocalan in Nairobi after he was forced to leave the Greek embassy, where he had taken refuge while on the run after leaving his long-time safe-haven in Syria.
In June 1999, a Turkish court sentenced him to death over the bloody separatist campaign his outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has waged in the southeast.
The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment as Turkey abolished capital punishment as part of EU-sought reforms.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/5665/World/International/Police,-Kurdish-demonstrators-clash-in-Turkey-.aspx
http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/15/urdish-protestors-clash-with-police-in-turkey/
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Report: Kurdish protesters clash with police on 12th anniversary of rebel leader's capture
By The Associated Press (CP) – 9 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish news agencies say Kurdish protesters have clashed with police during protests marking the 12th anniversary of the capture of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Anatolia and Dogan news agencies said protesters on Tuesday hurled rocks and fire bombs during clashes with police in 12 cities and towns across Turkey.
Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to break up the protest over Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Ocalan's continued imprisonment.
At least 30 demonstrators were detained.
Ocalan was captured in Kenya in 1999 and returned to Turkey where he was sentenced to death for treason.
His sentence was later commuted to life in prison. His group has fought for autonomy since 1984.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hMo_31lxCddSjQkRhpyVI53lpmGg?docId=5958233
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Police, Kurdish demonstrators clash in Turkey
Kurdish demonstrators clash with police during protests that mark the anniversary of a rebel leader
AFP , Tuesday 15 Feb 2011
Police detained some 100 Kurdish demonstrators across southeast Turkey on Tuesday in clashes during protests marking the anniversary Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture.
Around 2,000 people gathered in downtown Diyarbakir, the largest city of the the mainly Kurdish region, denouncing Ocalan's capture in Kenya on 15 February 1999, an AFP reporter said.
Riot police used tear gas to stop the crowd from marching on the city's main avenue, coming under a hail of sticks and stones from the demonstrators.
Some 20 people were detained. At least one policeman and a protester were injured.
Most shopkeepers in the city kept their businesses closed, heeding a traditional Kurdish custom of lending support to protests in the region.
In nearby Batman, police detained more than 30 people in similar unrest, local officials said.
About 50 others were taken into custody at demonstrations in Hakkari, Van and Sanliurfa, media reports said.
Violent Kurdish protests have become a fixture on the anniversaries of Ocalan's capture.
Aided by US intelligence services, Turkish agents nabbed Ocalan in Nairobi after he was forced to leave the Greek embassy, where he had taken refuge while on the run after leaving his long-time safe-haven in Syria.
In June 1999, a Turkish court sentenced him to death over the bloody separatist campaign his outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has waged in the southeast.
The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment as Turkey abolished capital punishment as part of EU-sought reforms.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/5665/World/International/Police,-Kurdish-demonstrators-clash-in-Turkey-.aspx