DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of people protesting in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir against months-long security operations.
Police detained 33 people at the protests, which took place after an appeal by senior officials from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to halt what they called a "massacre" in Diyarbakir's historic district of Sur.
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