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Wednesday 8 October 2014
Deaths in Kurdish protests across Turkey
Nine killed in clashes with police over
government's "inaction" against ISIL as president
says Kobane "about to fall".
At least nine people were killed in demonstrations
across Turkey, local media reported, as Kurds
demanded the government do more to protect
the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane from Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters.
Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse
protesters who burnt cars and tyres as they took
to the streets mainly in Turkey's predominantly
Kurdish eastern and southeastern provinces late
on Tuesday.
Earlier, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
had warned that Kobane was about to fall into
the hands of ISIL.
Clashes also erupted in the capital Ankara and in
the country's biggest city, Istanbul, where almost
100 people were detained and 30 people were
injured, including eight police officers, the
Istanbul Governorship said in a news release
early on Wednesday.
Five people were killed in Diyarbakir, the largest
Kurdish city in the southeast, which saw clashes
between protesters and police.
A 25-year-old man died in Varto, a town in the
eastern province of Mus, and at least half a dozen
people were wounded there in clashes between
police and protesters, local media reported.
Two people died in southeastern Siirt province
and another died in neighbouring Batman,
according to media reports.
Authorities announced a curfew in Kurdish
populated districts in Diyarbakir, Siirt and in the
town of Van, where thousands of protesters
rallied against ISIL's advance on Kobane.
'Fight effectively'
Last Wednesday, Erdogan promised in a
speech that Turkey would fight ISIL and "other
terrorist organisations".
The president's vow came a day before the
Turkish Parliament granted the government
authority to send forces into both Syria and Iraq.
"We will fight effectively against both [ISIL] and all
other terrorist organisations within the region,"
said Erdogan as he opened the parliament's
autumn session. "This will always be our priority."
The Turkish army, however, has so far not
intervened in the heavy fighting across the
border.
Turkey is not a part of the US-led coalition, but
has sent tanks to border areas threatened by ISIL
advances towards Kobane.
Kurdish forces have been trying to stop group's
advance for weeks but on Monday ISIL fighters
entered the town from the south and east and
raised their flag over a hill and a building near the
Turkish border.
Pictures uploaded onto the Internet appeared to
show Kurdish fighters defending the town against
ISIL's attacks, as shelling and small arms firing
from ISIL positions outside of the city continued.
Kurds on the Turkish side of the border have
been furious about what they said was the
Turkish government's lack of action.
Almost 200,000 people have fled Kobane and
surrounding villages since the fighting began.
Canada joins coalition
Meanwhile, Canada became the latest member of
the US-led coalition after its parliament voted in
favour of airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq on
Tuesday, following a request by the US.
The motion authorises air strikes in Iraq, in which
around 600 air force personnel will be involved,
for up to six months and explicitly states that no
ground troops can be used in combat operations.
The White House welcomed Canada's
deployment, which did not need parliamentary
approval. The Canadian government submitted it
to a vote to show consensus.
Canada has more than two dozen special forces
advisers already in Iraq and has plans for up to 69
advisers as part of an effort to advise Kurdish
forces against ISIL fighters after a request from
US President Barack Obama.
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