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Bystander killed as Turkey police clash with protesters Turkey protests: Two killed in Istanbul clashes
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A Turkish man who was shot in the head as police clashed with protesters in Istanbul has died of his injuries. Two people have died of their injuries after Turkish police clashed with protesters in Istanbul on Thursday.
The Turkish authorities say Ugur Kurt, 30, was not involved in the protests. One man, named as Ugur Kurt, 30, was shot in the head. Police said he was not involved in the protests.
Police used tear gas and water cannon and fired live bullets into the air to try to disperse a crowd angry at last week's mining disaster that killed 300. A second man, who has not been named, died of wounds from a fragmentation grenade, the governor of Istanbul said.
Prime Minister Erdogan's decade-long rule has come under pressure since nationwide anti-government protests broke out in Istanbul a year ago.Prime Minister Erdogan's decade-long rule has come under pressure since nationwide anti-government protests broke out in Istanbul a year ago.
The man was taken to hospital after being hit by a bullet but doctors were unable to save him. Police used tear gas and water cannon and fired live bullets into the air to try to disperse a crowd angry at last week's mining disaster that killed 301 people.
"We have not been able to save Ugur Kurt," Istanbul governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu wrote on Twitter, several hours after the 30-year-old victim was brought to hospital. Mr Kurt was taken to hospital but doctors were unable to save him.
The BBC's Selin Girit says a picture of another wounded man lying in the street has gone viral on social networking sites in Turkey, with people posting the same word alongside it: "Enough." His death prompted demonstrations lasting until late into the night. Eight people were injured.
The disturbances began when about a dozen people began chanting slogans about a youth killed in previous clashes with police and the Soma mine disaster last week that killed 301 people. The BBC's Selin Girit, in Istanbul, says a picture of a wounded man lying in the street has gone viral on social networking sites in Turkey, with people posting the same word alongside it: "Enough."
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the gathering group in the Okmeydani district of Istanbul, who responded by throwing rocks and petrol bombs. The disturbances began when about a dozen people began chanting slogans about a youth killed in previous clashes with police and the Soma mine disaster.
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the group in the Okmeydani district of central Istanbul, who responded by throwing rocks and petrol bombs.
Video footage shown on Turkish television news channels shows Ugur Kurt collapsing to the ground in a pool of blood.Video footage shown on Turkish television news channels shows Ugur Kurt collapsing to the ground in a pool of blood.
He was reported to have been attending a funeral inside the complex of a cemevi, the house of worship for Turkey's Alevi religious minority, close to the protests.He was reported to have been attending a funeral inside the complex of a cemevi, the house of worship for Turkey's Alevi religious minority, close to the protests.
Mr Kurt died of his wounds after doctors at the Okmeydani Research Hospital in central Istanbul had performed surgery in an effort to save his life, officials said. Around 400 demonstrators staged a sit-in outside the hospital where Mr Kurt died, chanting: "Murderer state has taken another life."
Around 400 demonstrators staged a sit-in outside the hospital, chanting: "Murderer state has taken another life." Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said prosecutors would investigate.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said prosecutors would investigate the incident.
"If one of our citizens, who has nothing to do with the events, is injured by a stray bullet fired by a policeman, I would like to see anyone who is involved in this incident immediately be brought to account," Mr Arinc said."If one of our citizens, who has nothing to do with the events, is injured by a stray bullet fired by a policeman, I would like to see anyone who is involved in this incident immediately be brought to account," Mr Arinc said.
Police and protesters continued to clash late on Thursday in Okmeydani, a working-class district in central Istanbul that is home to many Alevis and often attracts anti-government protests. A 15-year-old boy, Berkin Elvan, died in March after nine months in a coma from a head wound he suffered as he went to buy bread during an anti-government protest in Okmeydani.
A 15-year-old boy, Berkin Elvan, died in March after nine months in a coma after sustaining a head wound during an anti-government protest in Okmeydani. Thousands clashed with police in Istanbul when he was buried. Thousands clashed with police in Istanbul when he was buried.