Police in southeastern Turkey used tear gas and water cannons to drive back Kurdish protesters hurling stones at them Saturday, at a rally in support of a Kurdish militant leader. Local authorities had refused to give permission for Saturday’s demonstration in the city of Diyarbakir, where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party sought to gather supporters of Abdullah Ocalan. Several police officers and at least one BDP lawmaker were injured. Ocalan, a founder of the militant …

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