Kurdish protesters, police clash in Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - Clashes between Kurdish protesters and police officers entered their second day on November 8 in the eastern Turkish province of Hakkari 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.

Some 20,000 people attended funeral ceremonies on Nov. 7 for Aynur Kirbas and Resat 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 Akalin Cemetery, three kilometers away from the district center, Hurriyet Daily reported.