A prominent Kurdish lawyer and rights activist was shot in the head and killed in a street shootout in Turkey’s troubled southeast on Saturday, much of the event captured on camera and broadcast around the world.
The pro-Kurdish HDP Party called the killing of Tahir Elci a “planned assassination” and urged people to protest. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was unclear whether Elci was caught in crossfire or assassinated.
Hours later, police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people marching in Istanbul to protest against the killing. The marchers chanted: “Shoulder to shoulder against fascism,” and “Tahir Elci is immortal.”
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