Turkish police used a water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against the dismissal of central Diyarbakir’s Kurdish mayor, Monday, August 19. Protesters gathered near Diyarbakir city hall for a sit-in protest before police moved in to disperse the crowd. Turkey replaced Kurdish mayors in three cities and detained more than 400 people for suspected military links.
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