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Scuffles in Ecuador as pro-Kurdish protesters turn out against Erdogan

Violent scenes in Ecuador’s capital of Quito on Thursday (February 04) as Kurdish supporters turned out to protest Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is in the South American country on an official visit. The protest started out peacefully outside the country’s National Higher Studies Institute before Erdogan was due to arrive. Security was high with police and soldiers trying to keep back protesters. Scuffles later erupted when some protesters found their way into the […]