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Turkey rocked by protests after high-profile arrests
Published : 04-11-2016 - Duration : 01:06 - View : 29
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Police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds of demonstrators in Istanbul.
Many are angry about the arrests overnight of several pro-Kurdish politicians.
Fighting broke out between police and protesters in a number of cities.
Officials say 10 protesters were detained in Ankara, five in Antalya and seven in Istanbul.
What sparked the protests?
The Turkish authorities have arrested the leaders of the country’s main pro-Kurdish opposition party as part of an ongoing terrorism inquiry.
The arrests have drawn criticism from the UN and EU, as part of a widening crackdown on dissent under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Who has been arrested?
Officials say Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, co-leaders of the People’s Democratic Party
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