Thousands in Paris protest Turkey's Kurdish crackdown
6 Nov 2016 2:57 PM IST6 Nov 2016 2:57 PM IST
Waving Kurdish flags, they held banners reading 'Stop Erdogan'.
Thousands of protesters have marched in Paris to protest Turkey's detention of a pro-Kurdish party's leaders amid a widening crackdown on opposition figures by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.- Police officers detain supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, HDP, as they protest the detentions of Kurdish lawmakers, in Ankara, Turkey.
- A Kurdish woman carries a sign with a swastika reading \"Hitlerdogan\" as some hundred Kurds protest against Turkish President Erdogan and the arrestings in Turkey in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who live in Greece, chant slogans and display Victory signs during a rally in Athens.
- Kurdish supporters who live in France, chant slogans and display Kurdisk flags during a rally to protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at Republique Square in Paris.
- Kurdish demonstrators hold a placard to protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with a swastika sign reading Europe No pact with Devil, Criminal, Thief, Liar, Daesh, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group' during a rally at Republique Square in Paris.
- Turkish authorities have arrested the two co-chairs of the People's Democratic Party, or HDP, and several other party lawmakers for alleged ties to Kurdish militants.
- Riot police use water cannons to disperse people protesting the detentions of 12 lawmakers from pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, in Istanbul.
- Waving Kurdish flags, they held banners reading 'Stop Erdogan' and called for the release of those arrested.
- The demonstrators, most members of France's Kurdish community, gathered in the Place de la Republique on Saturday and walked through the city to the Place du Chatelet.
Thousands of protesters have marched in Paris to protest Turkey\'s detention of a pro-Kurdish party\'s leaders amid a widening crackdown on opposition figures by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Waving Kurdish flags, they held banners reading 'Stop Erdogan'.
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