Police attack DEM members in Şırnak, detain provincial head

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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