2011–12 Kurdish protests in Turkey

Police in Istanbul have detained "at least two people" during an operation against smugglers of historical artifacts, according to a police source on April 30.

Turkish police on March 5 fired tear gas to break up a women’s rights march in Ankara with some 15 protesters reportedly detained.

Two civilians were killed on Aug. 29 in an attack staged by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Çınar district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The militants detonated a hand-made explosive placed on the Diyarbakır-Batman highway during the passing of two armored military vehicles at around 12.30 p.m.

Tension will rise if Kurds fail to receive news regarding the condition of the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), according to a co-chair of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Turkish riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered outside daily Zaman on March 5, a day after it was seized in a violent raid

Turkish riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered outside daily Zaman on March 5, a day after it was seized in a violent raid

Police have intervened with water cannon and tear gas against a rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır that was called to protest a military-imposed curfew in its Sur district that has been in effect for a month

Thousands of people marched today at Istanbul to protest about the suicide bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed at least 95 people and wounded 246.

Daily Hürriyet's Istanbul headquarters was attacked by around 150 pro-government protesters early Sept. 7, hours after a deadly terrorist attack in Turkey's southeast.

The group attacked security personnel at the outer gate of Hürriyet's office in the Ba?c?lar district and forced their way to the door, which they pelted with stones. 

Protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police in Thessaloniki late on Friday following a demonstration in support of prisoners on hunger strike.

The incident occurred outside the northern city?s Turkish Consulate.

There were no injuries or damage.