(AKI) - Fierce clashes broke out in Turkey on Wednesday at the funeral of a protester killed during a rally organised by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in eastern Agri province, Dogan News Agency reported. Ahmet Ozkan, 26, was killed on Monday during a rally organised by the DTP after clashes erupted between police and protesters in Dogubeyazit.
Tensions have been high in the region since the DTP claimed that Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), had been mistreated in Imrali prison where he is serving a life sentence. The claim sparked mass demonstrations that turned violent in the mainly-Kurdish southeastern region near the Iranian border.
Meanwhile, two suspected Kurdish militants have been killed in a clash with Turkish soldiers in the southeast of the country, according to media reports. Irfan Balkanoglu, the governor of southeastern Bingol province, said the militants died in an incident near the village of Dallitepe on Tuesday. |