(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Sunday night, the security forces clashed with demonstrators in Sarigazi area, which is on the Asian side of Istanbul, and used teargas canisters and water cannon to push them back.
On Wednesday, Turkish warplanes bombed areas near the border village of Aortas in Signac province along the border with Iraq, targeting 40 suspected militants with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Ankara has admitted that its military forces mistakenly killed Kurdish smugglers based on inaccurate data transmitted by reconnaissance drones and has expressed condolences to the families of the victims. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that half of the victims were under 20 years of age and described the attacks as 'unfortunate' and 'saddening.'
Survivors and witnesses of the airstrike have questioned the military's claim that they had mistaken them for PKK terrorists, arguing that the lightness of the smugglers' load should have made it obvious they were not militant fighters.
The incident sparked several days of demonstrations across Turkey, while the Kurdish majority southeast has been the scene of demonstrations and confrontations between protesters and police forces since the deadly blunder.
On Friday, thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the victims.
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), a pro-Kurdish political faction, wants the government to be held accountable for the strikes.
During the Sunday protest, the activists also called on the government to prosecute all the people responsible for the attack.
The Sunday clashes followed a peaceful protest rally earlier in the day, which had been arranged by the BDP outside the headquarters of Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party.
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