DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police launched criminal investigations of Kurdish lawmakers and detained dozens of people for using social media to question the military's cross border incursion into Syria, in a crackdown against those who criticised the assault.
Police fired water cannon and detained dozens of activists on Thursday in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir to prevent a protest against the assault into northern Syria.
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