(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121030-istanbul-kb-420p-05.photoblog900.jpg)Bulent Kilic / AFP - Getty ImagesTurkish riot police fire tear gas as they clash with Kurdish demonstrators during a protest in support of a hunger strike movement by Kurdish prisoners in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 30, 2012.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121030-istanbul-kb-440p.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Bulent Kilic / AFP - Getty ImagesA protestor throws a fire bomb during clashes in Istanbul, Oct. 30.The Associated Press reports — Kurdish protesters clashed with police on Tuesday near a prison in southeastern Turkey where some inmates are on a hunger strike, witnesses said.
Several thousand people joined a protest march to a prison in the city of Diyarbakir, and police used tear gas and water cannon to drive back groups of demonstrators who threw stones and firebombs from side streets. Shops were shuttered and many families did not send their children to school in line with calls for a boycott.
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