Riots Continue In Turkey Over Ankara's Refusal To Aid Besieged Syrian Kurds

Wednesday, 8 October 2014





Riots In Turkey Kill 19 Over Failure To Aid Besieged Syrian Kurds -- Reuters



(Reuters) - At least 19 people were reported killed in riots across Turkey, the deadliest street unrest in years, after the Kurdish minority rose up in fury at the government's refusal to protect a besieged Syrian town from Islamic State.



Street battles raged between Kurdish protesters and police across Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, as the fallout from war in Syria and Iraq threatened to unravel the NATO member's own delicate peace process. There were also clashes in the commercial hub Istanbul and capital Ankara.



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More News On The Continuing Kurdish Riots In Turkey



Kurdish Protests Roil Turkey as Jihadists Fight in Kobani -- Bloomberg

14 dead as protests rage in Turkey -- AFP

Turkey Kurds: Kobane protests leave 14 dead -- BBC

Kurds and police clash in Turkey in deadly protests against ISIL -- Euronews

Death toll in Turkey protests rises to 18 as fate of Syrian town stirs up tensions -- World Bulletin

At least 19 dead in Turkey amid Kurdish protests over IS onslaught -- Haaretz

US prods Turkey over inaction against ISIS -- FOX News

Turkey and the Kurds - a complicated relationship -- BBC

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