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Clashes in Turkey on anniversary of Kurdish leader

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ISTANBUL-Clashes erupted in southeast Turkey Monday after a rally to mark 17 years since the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, an outlawed Kurdish movement.

 

About 300 demonstrators assembled in the mainly Kurdish district of Diyarbakir chanting "We will win by resisting" and "long live Apo," in reference to Ocalan.

 

Police unleashed tear gas and water cannons to disperse the rally.

 

 

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