At least nine people were killed and dozens were injured during Tuesday’s clashes with the Turkish police against protesters – approaching – the occupation by the Islamic State (IS) Kurdish city in northern Syria Koban, near the border with Turkey.
clashes occurred mostly in areas inhabited by Kurds in southeastern Turkey – reported local media. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protests.
Five people were killed in the city of Diyarbakir, Siirt province, two, one in the neighboring region Batman. Earlier, 25-year-old died after clashes that occurred in the province of Mus in the east of the country.
In regions where there has been a brutal clashes authorities introduced a curfew. The peace also urged the authorities in Ankara.
– Violence is not the answer. Violence breeds repression. Irrational behavior should stop immediately – said Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala.
This new wave of protests in the country. Earlier on Monday security forces clashed in Istanbul and six other cities with hundreds of demonstrators.
media have protesters accuse the government in Ankara of passivity in the face of the siege Koban (Ayn al-Arab) by the jihadists of IS and non-delivery of humanitarian aid to the Syrian military town.
Fighters of the Islamic State, supported by tanks and artillery, have already mastered the most strategic city Koban, located near the border with Turkey with a population of Syrian Kurds. Complete mastery Koban, which is besieged for three weeks, would give the jihadists control over the majority of the Syrian-Turkish border.
In the city the population fleeing towards the border with Turkey. It is estimated that Koban left more than 160 thousand. residents. According to a representative of the local authorities, Idris Nass, the city “will soon collapse.”
On Monday prokurdyjska People’s Democratic Party (HDP) called for protests against the attacks from the IS and against restrictions imposed by Turkish weighing on Koban.
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Nine people were killed in clashes between police and demonstrators in Turkey – Virtual Poland
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