土耳其警察与支持库尔德人的示威者发生冲突，造成至少12人死亡。示威者要求政府帮助在邻国叙利亚的库尔德人与伊斯兰国激进分子作战。
星期二的死难者中八人死于土耳其南部库尔德城镇迪亚巴克尔，其他四人死于穆什、锡尔特和巴特曼。
土耳其议会上星期授权对在伊拉克和叙利亚的伊斯兰国激进分子动用武力，但土耳其军队没有越过边界进入叙利亚城市科巴尼。科巴尼又名艾因阿拉伯。
科巴尼的库尔德武装人员几个星期以来一直与攻打该镇的伊斯兰国激进分子作战。土耳其总统埃尔多安星期二表示，如果不采取地面行动科巴尼将很快落入伊斯兰国手中。
At least 12 people are dead in Turkey after clashes between police and pro-Kurdish protesters who want the government to help Kurds in neighboring Syria battle Islamic State militants.
Eight of the deaths Tuesday happened in the main Kurdish town of Diyabakir in southern Turkey, while others died in Mus, Siirt and Batman.
Turkey's parliament authorized the use of force against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last week, but the military has not crossed the border to intervene in the Syrian city of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab.
Kurdish fighters in Kobani have spent weeks battling the militants. Turkey's president said Tuesday the town may soon fall without ground action.
