Référendum turc : affrontements à Mersin – 12 septembre 2010
Clashes mar Turkish charter poll vote in several provinces
hurriyetdailynews.com
12 09 2010
Clashes erupted Sunday between groups of citizens and police around Turkey as the nation voted on a constitutional amendment package and dozens of people were detained on suspicion of preventing voters from heading to the polls.
Groups boycotting the vote clashed with police in the southern provinces of Mersin and Adana, as well as in Istanbul.
A group of people wearing masks burned a car and a bus in front of a school in Mersin to keep people from voting, causing police to intervene, news agencies reported.
Another group that came to the school to vote argued with a separate faction in front of the local pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, building, the Anatolia news agency reported. The disagreement turned into a fight, again drawing police intervention. Ten people were detained as a result of the altercation.
Strict security measures were put in place throughout the country’s eastern and southeastern provinces for the poll.
The BDP, which had announced it would boycott the referendum, said it would ensure the security of citizens as they voted if they applied for such protection, a statement in made in response to claims that those who chose to vote in heavily BDP areas could be threatened.
The turnout for the referendum in eastern Anatolia remained low, as the majority of citizens who went to the polls said yes to the constitutional amendment package.
In the eastern provinces of Batman, Hakkari and Şırnak, the boycott call was heavily heeded, the Doğan news agency reported. Widespread boycotts of the vote were also observed in Ağrı, Ardahan, Diyarbakır, Iğdır, Kars, Muş and Van, though not as significantly so in Bitlis, Mardin and Tunceli.
Thirty people were detained in Hakkari on allegations of obstructing people from voting, while 20 were taken into custody for similar alleged offenses in Van.
In Şırnak, a group of temporary village guards and another group clashed over voting, resulting in injuries to eight people, the Anatolia news agency reported. Abit İke, the BDP’s Şırnak head, accused the guards of provoking the event and said gendarmerie forces watched and did nothing during the fight, the Doğan news agency reported.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, attacked a car that was transporting votes that were to be counted at the district election board in Hakkari with guns and rocket launchers, Doğan news agency reported. One soldier was injured in the attack.
In nearby Şanlıurfa, BDP deputy İbrahim Binici became involved in an argument with a polling clerk over allegations that some people were voting in others’ places. The argument escalated into a fight and the ballot box was thrown out a window, causing it to split apart.
The pro-Kurdish news agency Fırat News meanwhile reported that more than 140 people in several provinces were detained over the past three days.
Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar, the head of the BDP’s Istanbul office, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review that dozens of party members were detained “for unexplained reasons” and that there were problems with party observers.
“The party observers [are allowed to] stand by the ballot box all day long and observe,” Uçar said. “But the head polling clerk told our friends they could only come when the ballot boxes are opened and observe.”
Arguments over the issue resulted in a number of detentions, according to Uçar, who added that the party had received similar complaints from 10 Istanbul districts, including Bağcılar and Kartal, to which it had dispatched lawyers.
The BDP perceived the detentions as an effort to weaken the party’s boycott call, she said.
Clashes erupt in Istanbul
Violence erupted Sunday in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe Gazi neighborhood between police and groups that were supporting a boycott of the country’s constitutional referendum.
Some people allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at police, while others reportedly threw stones at the windows of schools where voters were casting ballots.
One school in the neighborhood was damaged slightly due to a Molotov cocktail attack that led to the detention of six people. Voting in the school continued after a break.
A Molotov cocktail was also thrown at a school in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. The group that allegedly threw the explosive was also accused of breaking the windows of a school and smashing the glass at a nearby bus stop.
Pro-Kurdish protestors attack voting booth
euronews
12/09/2010
Voters in Turkey’s Mersin province had to be protected when a school used as a polling station was attacked by pro-Kurdish protestors.
The demonstrators allegedly tried to prevent people from taking part by throwing stones and molotov cocktails at passing cars.
They also chanted slogans of support for the outlawed PKK or Kurdistan Workers Party, according to Turkish news agencies.
Riot police were dispatched to the area, which has a high percentage of Kurdish residents.
A mersin, scontri tra curdi e polizia
Euronews
12/09 18
Scontri tra militanti curdi e polizia di sono verificati a Mersin, nel sud della Turchia. Un gruppetto, che secondo fonti locali inneggiava al partito fuorilegge PKK, ha tentato di impedire agli elettori di accedere ai seggi in due quartieri della città, abitata da una forte comunità curda.
I dimostranti hanno lanciato bottiglie molotov, incendiando due auto e scontrandosi con la polizia, che è intervenuta con i lacrimogeni.
Sia il PKK sia il partito filocurdo della Pace e della Democrazia avevano invitato a boicottare il referendum costituzionale.
Référendum turc: menaces sur des électeurs dans des villes majoritairement kurdes
euronews
12/09/2010
Empêcher les électeurs d’aller voter. C’est ce qu’ont tenté de faire des protestataires ce dimanche dans la ville de Mersin dans le sud de la Turquie. Des policiers ont été mobilisés à la fois pour escorter des électeurs jusqu’aux bureaux de vote et faire face aux manifestants qui jetaient des pierres.
La ville de Mersin compte une forte population de Kurdes. Or, la mouvance politique kurde a appelé à boycotter le référendum sur la révision de la constitution. Elle estime qu’elle ne répond pas aux problèmes des Kurdes.
D’après des médias turcs, d’autres affrontements se sont produits dans des villes du sud-est, peuplées majoritairement de Kurdes, et la police a arrêté environ une trentaine de personnes dans 5 provinces pour avoir menacé des électeurs qui se rendaient aux urnes
Informations
Mersin est une ville de Turquie, préfecture de la province du même nom (ancienne province d’İçel), située au bord de la mer Méditerranée ; la ville compte en 2007 1 056 331 habitants. Port. Raffinage du pétrole.
Clashes mar Turkish charter poll vote in several provinces
hurriyetdailynews.com
12 09 2010
Clashes erupted Sunday between groups of citizens and police around Turkey as the nation voted on a constitutional amendment package and dozens of people were detained on suspicion of preventing voters from heading to the polls.
Groups boycotting the vote clashed with police in the southern provinces of Mersin and Adana, as well as in Istanbul.
A group of people wearing masks burned a car and a bus in front of a school in Mersin to keep people from voting, causing police to intervene, news agencies reported.
Another group that came to the school to vote argued with a separate faction in front of the local pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, building, the Anatolia news agency reported. The disagreement turned into a fight, again drawing police intervention. Ten people were detained as a result of the altercation.
Strict security measures were put in place throughout the country’s eastern and southeastern provinces for the poll.
The BDP, which had announced it would boycott the referendum, said it would ensure the security of citizens as they voted if they applied for such protection, a statement in made in response to claims that those who chose to vote in heavily BDP areas could be threatened.
The turnout for the referendum in eastern Anatolia remained low, as the majority of citizens who went to the polls said yes to the constitutional amendment package.
In the eastern provinces of Batman, Hakkari and Şırnak, the boycott call was heavily heeded, the Doğan news agency reported. Widespread boycotts of the vote were also observed in Ağrı, Ardahan, Diyarbakır, Iğdır, Kars, Muş and Van, though not as significantly so in Bitlis, Mardin and Tunceli.
Thirty people were detained in Hakkari on allegations of obstructing people from voting, while 20 were taken into custody for similar alleged offenses in Van.
In Şırnak, a group of temporary village guards and another group clashed over voting, resulting in injuries to eight people, the Anatolia news agency reported. Abit İke, the BDP’s Şırnak head, accused the guards of provoking the event and said gendarmerie forces watched and did nothing during the fight, the Doğan news agency reported.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, attacked a car that was transporting votes that were to be counted at the district election board in Hakkari with guns and rocket launchers, Doğan news agency reported. One soldier was injured in the attack.
In nearby Şanlıurfa, BDP deputy İbrahim Binici became involved in an argument with a polling clerk over allegations that some people were voting in others’ places. The argument escalated into a fight and the ballot box was thrown out a window, causing it to split apart.
The pro-Kurdish news agency Fırat News meanwhile reported that more than 140 people in several provinces were detained over the past three days.
Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar, the head of the BDP’s Istanbul office, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review that dozens of party members were detained “for unexplained reasons” and that there were problems with party observers.
“The party observers [are allowed to] stand by the ballot box all day long and observe,” Uçar said. “But the head polling clerk told our friends they could only come when the ballot boxes are opened and observe.”
Arguments over the issue resulted in a number of detentions, according to Uçar, who added that the party had received similar complaints from 10 Istanbul districts, including Bağcılar and Kartal, to which it had dispatched lawyers.
The BDP perceived the detentions as an effort to weaken the party’s boycott call, she said.
Clashes erupt in Istanbul
Violence erupted Sunday in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe Gazi neighborhood between police and groups that were supporting a boycott of the country’s constitutional referendum.
Some people allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at police, while others reportedly threw stones at the windows of schools where voters were casting ballots.
One school in the neighborhood was damaged slightly due to a Molotov cocktail attack that led to the detention of six people. Voting in the school continued after a break.
A Molotov cocktail was also thrown at a school in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. The group that allegedly threw the explosive was also accused of breaking the windows of a school and smashing the glass at a nearby bus stop.
Pro-Kurdish protestors attack voting booth
euronews
12/09/2010
Voters in Turkey’s Mersin province had to be protected when a school used as a polling station was attacked by pro-Kurdish protestors.
The demonstrators allegedly tried to prevent people from taking part by throwing stones and molotov cocktails at passing cars.
They also chanted slogans of support for the outlawed PKK or Kurdistan Workers Party, according to Turkish news agencies.
Riot police were dispatched to the area, which has a high percentage of Kurdish residents.
A mersin, scontri tra curdi e polizia
Euronews
12/09 18
Scontri tra militanti curdi e polizia di sono verificati a Mersin, nel sud della Turchia. Un gruppetto, che secondo fonti locali inneggiava al partito fuorilegge PKK, ha tentato di impedire agli elettori di accedere ai seggi in due quartieri della città, abitata da una forte comunità curda.
I dimostranti hanno lanciato bottiglie molotov, incendiando due auto e scontrandosi con la polizia, che è intervenuta con i lacrimogeni.
Sia il PKK sia il partito filocurdo della Pace e della Democrazia avevano invitato a boicottare il referendum costituzionale.
Référendum turc: menaces sur des électeurs dans des villes majoritairement kurdes
euronews
12/09/2010
Empêcher les électeurs d’aller voter. C’est ce qu’ont tenté de faire des protestataires ce dimanche dans la ville de Mersin dans le sud de la Turquie. Des policiers ont été mobilisés à la fois pour escorter des électeurs jusqu’aux bureaux de vote et faire face aux manifestants qui jetaient des pierres.
La ville de Mersin compte une forte population de Kurdes. Or, la mouvance politique kurde a appelé à boycotter le référendum sur la révision de la constitution. Elle estime qu’elle ne répond pas aux problèmes des Kurdes.
D’après des médias turcs, d’autres affrontements se sont produits dans des villes du sud-est, peuplées majoritairement de Kurdes, et la police a arrêté environ une trentaine de personnes dans 5 provinces pour avoir menacé des électeurs qui se rendaient aux urnes
Informations
Mersin est une ville de Turquie, préfecture de la province du même nom (ancienne province d’İçel), située au bord de la mer Méditerranée ; la ville compte en 2007 1 056 331 habitants. Port. Raffinage du pétrole.
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