MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-PROTEST Turkish police fire teargas at demo against Syria border attack

Record ID: 146497

  • Title: MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-PROTEST Turkish police fire teargas at demo against Syria border attack
  • Date: 20th July 2015
  • Summary: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY (JULY 20, 2015) (REUTERS TV) PROTESTERS MARCHING PROTESTERS CHANTING WITH FISTS IN THE AIR WOMAN MAKING VICTORY SIGN PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER DENOUNCING ISLAMIC STATE PROTESTERS CHANTING (Turkish): "We will demolish killer state." PROTEST
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA85CAM6SXUP0QWADQRY2DR85KG
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Police in Istanbul fired teargas and water cannon on Monday (July 20) when a demonstration by protesters blaming the government for a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing turned violent, a Reuters witness said.
    Hundreds gathered near Istanbul's central Taksim Square after the bombing in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruc which killed at least 30 people.
    Some chanted slogans against President Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AK Party, including: "Murderer Islamic State, collaborator Erdogan and AKP."
    Turkey's Kurds have been enraged by what they see as Ankara's failure to do more to stop Islamic State. The PKK Kurdish militant group earlier said it held the government responsible for Monday's attack, saying Ankara had "supported and cultivated" Islamic State against the Kurds in Syria.
    The demonstration in Istanbul had largely been peaceful, but some protesters threw bottles at police, the witness said.
    Similiar protests were also staged in Ankara and Diyarbakir.
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