Nineteen deaths reported as violent clashes continue across south-east Turkey

Headline Title:  Nineteen deaths reported as clashes continue across south-east Turkey 08 October 2014 The Turkish government must act to stop the spiralling violence which continues to rock the predominantly Kurdish south-east of Turkey where 19 people were killed and many injured during protests prompted by the advances of the armed group that calls itself the Islamic State towards Syria’s border with Turkey.“It is essential that the Turkish authorities act now to calm tensions with firm but rights-respecting policing and a commitment to investigate promptly the up to 19 deaths and…

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