{"id":62892,"date":"2015-11-28T19:17:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T16:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=62892"},"modified":"2015-11-29T11:33:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T08:33:06","slug":"anti-erdogan-demonstrations-in-istanbul-protesting-killing-of-top-lawyer-in-diyarbakir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=62892","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Erdogan demonstrations in Istanbul protesting\u00a0killing of top lawyer in Diyarbakir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Istanbul, SANA- Some 2000 people gathered in\u00a0central Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, in protest against the killing of president of the\u00a0Bar Association in Diyarbakir province Tahir Elci.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon\u00a0in an attempt to disperse the angry crowd in Taksim Square and in Diyarbakir where\u00a0Elci was killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62895 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Istanbul\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calls were made for the peoples of the main cities\u00a0of Mersin, Adana, Mardin and Hakkari to organize demonstrations in protest\u00a0against the killing of Elci, scheduled to be buried Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elci died of gunshots to the head after he was\u00a0targeted, during clashes between Erdogan forces and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)\u00a0armedmen, while making a media statement in Diyarbakir province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62894 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Istanbul1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Istanbul1.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Peoples&#8217; Democratic Party (HDP)\u00a0said that the policies of Erdogan and his government through resorting to violence,\u00a0using hostile discourse and provocative practices and supporting terrorism in Syria are\u00a0the main reasons for the assassination of the head of the bar association in Diyarbakir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">H. Zain\/ Barry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul, SANA- Some 2000 people gathered in\u00a0central Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, in protest against the killing of president of the\u00a0Bar Association in Diyarbakir province Tahir Elci. The Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon\u00a0in an attempt to disperse the angry crowd in Taksim Square and in Diyarbakir where\u00a0Elci was killed. 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