Police attack, thousands resist
DİYARBAKIR (DİHA)As the heavy onslaught by state forces continues expanding across the Kurdish region, people who take to the streets to protest the state terror are also targeted by severe repression by police forces.
Thousands gathered in the main Kurdish city Diyarbakir today afternoon for a demo led by DBP-HDP against the siege in the central Sur district which continues in its 19th day, claiming more civilian lives every day.
“Resistance of Sur will triumph over the war of the Palace” read a huge banner held by demonstrators who were joined by HDP deputies Nursel Aydoğan, Çağlar Demirel and Sibel Yiğitalp.
Surrounded by a number of armored vehicles and special operation teams, demonstrators staged sit-in before starting a march to the central Bağlar district during which they were joined by more people.
Police forces attacked the people when they arrived Sakarya Street, to which youths responded with self-resistance and by setting up barricades. Resistance in the area continues.
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