Summary
At least 31 people have been killed and 360 others injured in a four day "spiral of violence" in Turkey led by pro-Kurdish protesters demonstrating against the government's policy on Syria, the interior minister said Friday.
Interior Minister Efkan Ala pledged that the government would press on with efforts despite the violence to make peace with Kurdish rebels who have a waged a 30-year insurgency for self-rule in the east of Turkey.
Ala said that clashes broke out in 35 cities, and 221 civilians and 139 security officials including police were wounded.
The official toll has already well exceeded the number of eight people confirmed to have been killed in the May-June 2103 nationwide protests against the ruling party.
The fatalities were mainly concentrated in the southeast of Turkey but one person died in protests in Istanbul, it said.
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