Balgarianovinite.com More than 1,000 pro-Kurdish demonstrators were blocked by Turkish police, who used tear gas and water cannons after protesters attempted to force their way from Turkiye into Syria through the border crossing at Nusaybin in southeastern Turkiye, AFP reported on Tuesday. Some protesters were injured.
The demonstrators gathered at the call of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party to express opposition to an operation by the Syrian army against Syrian Kurdish militias in northeastern Syria, a campaign supported by the Turkish authorities.
The protesters chanted slogans, hurled stones and shouted in Kurdish in support of Rojava, the autonomous enclave that has been under the control of Syrian Kurdish militias for nearly 12 years and which Damascus is now seeking to reclaim.
Demonstrators also gathered on the Syrian side of the border, in Qamishli.
The two co-chairs of the DEM Party, the third-largest political force in the Turkish parliament, delivered speeches before tensions escalated.
DEM co-chair Tuncer Bakirhan said the protesters were expressing solidarity with the people of Rojava, whom he described as fighting for their dignity, identity and language, adding that the enclave represents a symbol of resistance and hope that should not be allowed to be destroyed. Clashes Erupt at Turkiye-Syria Border during Pro-Kurdish Protest 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-20 17:19:03 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law