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The 2014 Kobanî protests in Turkey were large-scale rallies by pro-People's Defense Units (YPG) protestors in Turkey which occurred in autumn 2014, as a spillover of the crisis in Kobanî. Large demonstrations unfolded in Turkey , and quickly descended into violence between protesters and the Turkish police .
After the hostile reactions of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [4] and Turkish society, Turkish Cypriots organized a second and third rally on 2 March and 7 April 2011. The average turnout was 50,000–80,000, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] making these some of the largest demonstrations by Turkish Cypriots under the occupation. [ 7 ]
7 February – A plane is forced to land in Turkey following a bomb threat from a passenger [4] on board a flight from Kharkiv in Ukraine.; 9 February – Tear gas and water cannons used by the Erdoğan government against street protests against his government's internet restrictions.
Some who participated in the march had been directly affected by the purges, including a former political science professor who was fired by government decree in April 2017. [7] He was one of the 1,100 academics who were investigated for signing a petition calling for an end to violence in Turkey's southeastern conflict with the Kurdish people ...
2011 protests against internet censorship. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has governed since 2002, winning the 2002, 2007 and 2011 elections by large margins. Under its rule the economy of Turkey recovered from the 2001 financial crisis and recession, driven in particular by a construction boom.
After the Uludere airstrike killed 34 [6] to 50 [60] Kurdish civilians, major protests followed in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish cities, [61] most notably Diyarbakir where protests turned violent and police used batons and tear gas against protesters and protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police. [62]
The two groups —Palestine Solidarity Committee UNT and UNT Young Democratic Socialists of America — posted on their social media a call for students and faculty to walk out at 1:30 p.m. at ...
The Attack on protestors at the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. broke out on May 16, 2017, between Turkey's Police Counter Attack Team and a crowd of protesters, some of whom carried flags of a Kurdish political party. [1] According to Turkey, Turkish bodyguards were acting in self-defense and the protesters were tied to a terrorist group. [2]