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Kurds Clash With Turkish Police

By

Joe Parkinson

and

Ayla Albayrak

Updated April 21, 2011 12:01 am ET

At least one person was shot dead in clashes between Kurdish protesters and police in Bismil, sparked by a ban on a dozen prominent Kurdish politicians from running in upcoming elections. Video courtesy of Reuters and photo courtesy of AP.

One demonstrator died in the violence, state-run news agency Anadolu Ajansi reported, escalating political tensions and forcing a top Kurdish politician to cancel a meeting with Turkey's president.

According to officials at the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, thousands of demonstrators fought with police in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast.

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