Turkey: Riot police use water cannon as nationalists attack HDP rally

Police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets as around 500 Turkish nationalists tried to attack a meeting of the Kurdish oriented Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Samsun, Sunday. Ten people were reportedly arrested in the process, with scuffles and clashes breaking out in the area. Wielding Turkish flags, the nationalists wanted to enter the HDP meeting via a street leading to Rupublic Square. Dozens of nationalists managed to break the police line but were stopped before reaching the event. Tens of thousands of HDP supporters gathered in Istanbul on Saturday, accusing the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of undermining democracy and polarising the country.