Kurdes : émeute à Yüksekova – 8 novembre 2011

Police, demonstrators clash in southeastern Turkey as tension climbs

hurriyetdailynews.com

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Clashes between protestors and police officers entered their second day yesterday in the eastern province of Hakkari’s Yüksekova district following a recent escalation of violence between security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Police used pressurized water cannon and tear gas to disperse 100 demonstrators who responded by burning tires and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the law enforcement officials on Cengiz Topel Avenue in central Yüksekova.

Some 20,000 people attended funeral ceremonies on Nov. 7 for Aynur Kırbaş and Reşat Aslan, who were among the 37 PKK militants killed by the Turkish military during a recent operation in Hakkari’s Kazan Valley in the Çukurca district. The bodies of the two were brought to Yüksekova and buried in the Akalın Cemetery, three kilometers away from the district center.

Some of those who attended the funeral then initiated protests after returning to the district center, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement officials who responded with pressurized water and tear gas. read more…