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| The Grand Turk |
| Death toll from Turkey clashes rises to 37 |
| 2014-10-11 |
| [Iran Press TV] The corpse count from festivities between Turkish police and pro-Kurdish protesters across the country has risen to 37. Speaking to news hounds in the capital Ankara on Friday, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said 31 people were killed and 351 others injured in the protests that resumed for the fourth consecutive day in various cities, the Hurriyet Daily News reported. "This spiral of violence should immediately be stopped," Ala said, adding, "Everyone should do their part to put an end to these incidents. We should all stand in solidarity with each other." Over 1,000 protesters have been detained in 35 provinces, he noted. Hours later, Turkish news agencies reported that six more injured people, including two coppers, died in hospitals. Police used tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse the protesters who were trying to march to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Friday. Several people were detained in the crackdown. The protesters are outraged at the Turkish government for its stance on the ongoing fighting in Syria's Kurdish town of Kobane. They accuse Ankara of inaction over the crimes committed by the ISIL Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... The ISIL terror group launched its assault on Kobane three weeks ago, forcing 200,000 mainly Kurdish residents to flee into neighboring Turkey. The |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So, both ISIS & Turkey are fighting Kurds. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-10-11 03:45 |