Police attack DEM members in Şırnak, detain provincial head
The officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd and detained several people.
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Police attacked DEM Party members gathered outsise the party's provincial office in the predominantly Kurdish-populated Şırnak province.
The officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd and detained several people, including the party's provincial co-chair, Abdullah Güngen.
The ruling AKP is on course to win the city slightly ahead of DEM.
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Turkey local elections marred by irregularities in Kurdish provinces
31 March 2024
(AD/VK)