Two people have died in violent clashes at a Kurdish demonstration in south-east Turkey. Turkish media report that a shopkeeper opened fire on demonstrators after his car and shop were attacked.
The demonstration in the town of Bulanik was in protest at Friday's ban on the Kurdish DTP party, outlawed by Turkey's Constitutional Court due to alleged links with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK.
The court's ruling means that 37 MPs representing the DTP will be forced to give up their seats in parliament.
Kurdistan flag (image courtesy of Institut Kurde)
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