Turkey - Four Killed In Istanbul Clashes

Turkey - Four Killed In Istanbul Clashes

(15 Mar 1995) T/I: 11:00:24 At least four people were killed and 20 injured on Wednesday (15/3) in Istanbul as violence flared once again in Turkey's largest city. A group of protesters clashed with police in the slum district of Umraniye after shots were fired from the crowd. A curfew was imposed on three Umraniye neighbourhoods and one area of the adjacent Uskudar district. The clashes followed the funerals of six people killed in three days of riots between Alawaite Moslems and Islamic militants. SHOWS: ISTANBUL, TURKEY 15/3 demonstrators gather in street lines of troops move in protesters waving banners coffins of dead protesters carried through crowds more protesters coffins being buried demonstrators in Umraniye c 3.00 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...