In Istanbul, Turkey, a riot broke out between Kurdish protesters and police on Saturday March 22, 2008 during Newroz, a Kurdish spring festival. The Kurdish protesters reportedly threw rocks at Turkish police and chanting slogans that praised the imprisoned leader of the nationalist organization, PKK (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, or Kurdish Workers' Party). Officials used tear gas to break up the crowd. Sixty-five people including police officers have been reported injured.
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- "The group soon started chanting slogans supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the state-run Anatolia news agency said. The party, known as the PKK, has waged a guerrilla war against the government for Kurdish autonomy since 1984."
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Follows an incursion by Turkish forces into Iraqi Kurdistan
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Newroz comprises the Iranic new year (which falls on the Spring equinox) and a holiday of the Kurds' deliverance from a mythical tyrant, Zahhak
