Kurdishrights.org | 4 April 2009
Protests broke out in the city of Agri in the mostly Kurdish region of Turkey when it was announced that 3000 votes had been voided during the elections last weekend. Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party protested the discarding of votes after their party lost the city elections by a very close margin to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The Associated Press | 4 April 2009
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkish news agencies say a Kurdish demonstration turned deadly in southeast Turkey as police clashed with thousands of protesters trying to reach the village of an imprisoned Kurdish rebel chief to mark his 60th birthday.