Clash broken in Turkish city of Izmir

15:04 23/11/2009 » Politics

Clash broken in Turkish city of Izmir

Eleven people, including four policemen, were injured Sunday when clashes broke out at a Kurdish rally in western Turkey, forcing police to fire warning shots in the air, Turkish media reports. A brawl erupted between a group of Izmir citizens and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) supporters in a convoy welcoming DTP leader Ahmet Turk, who paid a surprise visit to the city on Sunday. A quarrel between some citizens and DTP supporters turned into fight as the DTP’s convoy proceeded to the party’s local headquarters, in the Basmanet neighborhood. Several police officers and citizens were injured in the fight and windows of some cars in the convoy were broken.

Source: Panorama.am

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