Kurds held during Nowruz revelry
More than 100 Kurdish demonstrators and 10 policemen were injured and more than 160 Kurds detained across southeastern Turkey when police broke up New Year’s celebrations, security sources said.
More than 60 Kurdish demonstrators and two policemen were injured in fighting in Van after security forces tried to disperse a crowd of nearly 10,000 Kurds celebrating the Nowruz festival and shouting slogans supporting a banned separatist group. In Siirt, 32 demonstrators and eight police were injured after police tried to disperse a group of 3,000.
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