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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Kurdish demonstrators, police clash in southeast Turkey (SETimes.com)

"Kurdish demonstrators, police clash in southeast Turkey

20/08/2009

ANKARA, Turkey -- Police used tear gas and water cannons Wednesday (August 19th) to disperse a group of Kurdish protesters in the town of Nusaybin, in Mardin province. Around 100 people, most of them children, had gathered to protest the recent arrest of seven members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party. They set tires on fire and threw stones at the police. Two minors were detained and police are searching for other participants in the demonstration."

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