Riot police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during an anti-government protest in central Istanbul March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey.
Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on thousands of demonstrators in several cities overnight, adding to pre-election worries for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as he battles a corruption scandal that has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power.
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