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Clashes at Pro-Kurdish Demonstration in Turkey

Clashes erupt as thousands of Kurds gathered in the southeast town of Viransehir on Sunday for a demonstration organized by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party to show solidarity with Syrian Kurds. Clashes broke out when riot police charged at a group of protesters who chanted illegal slogans favoring PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
 

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