Supporters of Kurd leader clash with police in Turkey
The police clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators across the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey on Sunday during protests marking the 10th anniversary of a separatist leader's capture.
At least eight protesters and 17 police officers were hurt in the protests, which the authorities had prohibited.
Fighting also broke out in Istanbul, where young boys, some wearing face masks, threw rocks at heavily armed officers during another protest against the continued imprisonment of the separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan, of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
The PKK has fought for autonomy in the region since 1984, and thousands of people have been killed. The United States and the European Union consider the PKK a terrorist group.
Ocalan was captured in Kenya in 1999 and returned to Turkey, where he was sentenced to death for treason. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison. He is the sole inmate of an island prison off Istanbul. His supporters have expressed concern about his health and want an end to his solitary confinement.
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At least eight protesters and 17 police officers were hurt in the protests, which the authorities had prohibited.
Fighting also broke out in Istanbul, where young boys, some wearing face masks, threw rocks at heavily armed officers during another protest against the continued imprisonment of the separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan, of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
The PKK has fought for autonomy in the region since 1984, and thousands of people have been killed. The United States and the European Union consider the PKK a terrorist group.
Ocalan was captured in Kenya in 1999 and returned to Turkey, where he was sentenced to death for treason. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison. He is the sole inmate of an island prison off Istanbul. His supporters have expressed concern about his health and want an end to his solitary confinement.