Hundreds of armored corps riot police surrounded the rally, two cannons water and tear gas at the ready. Dressed officers police clutches listened walkie-talkies conversations of journalists and demanded names and information on which they were reporters.
Judging by the official response, onlookers forgiven for thinking that peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is prohibited and the protests against the detention of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah ?calan is illegal.
They are not, but violence has erupted at similar protests in the past.
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Autonomy is at the heart of the conflict. Kurdish nationalists require more power to govern themselves, but successive Governments have been reluctant to grant, said Fadi Hakura, expertise to the reflection group based in London Chatham House of the Turkey.
"The modern Turkey is a highly centralized State where are are the main powers of the Government (the capital) Ankara," he said. "" "". This has been the nature of the Turkish State since its foundation. ?
Open war
Fearing that the Kurds, which consist of approximately 20% of the population, trying to create an independent country, successive Turkish Governments have tried to force them to assimilate. In 1980, the Kurdish language is banned and (PKK ?calan) Kurdish Workers Party launched a separatist insurgency four years later.
For nearly two decades until capture Ocalan, the PKK and the military were openly at war. The conflict has claimed more than 30,000 victims, depopulated large parts of Southeast and the millions of displaced persons. Torture is common, and thousands have been killed or have disappeared from the military and pro-Government death, according to Human Rights Watch squadrons. In Europe, many consider Islam as the "great threat" demystify the Islamist Islam in a tense of Britain in Europe: "Clash of cultures" emerges
While the violence is largely died down, a launched in 2009 by the AKP peace initiative has produced little progress, Kurdish leaders and groups rights to say. In February, the PKK ended a unilateral ceasefire for six months and one month later more fighters launched an attack rocket at a police station in the Southeast.
Many Kurds had hoped that things would change under the AKP, legislator BDP Sebahat Tuncel told msnbc.com.
"As the Kurds, we decided to live together now it is time for the Turks to decide if they want to live together," she said, referring to the fact that the major Kurdish groups have renounced separatism.
In April, Human Rights Watch complained about the prosecution of hundreds of members of the PDE, legislators and activists under the anti-terrorist laws difficult.
"Without compelling evidence of violent activities, it is difficult to see the prosecution efforts to bind the legal party with an illegal organization as something other than a crackdown on legitimate political activity," said Benjamin Ward, Deputy of Europe and Asia plant Director at Human Rights Watch.
Slideshow: Istanbul: ancient heart of power emerging (on this page)Decision on Wednesday by high election Council the Turkey to ban pro-Kurdish politicians 12 elections to come because of the tensions increased prior convictions. After the edict, the demonstrators gathered in Istanbul and Ankara and police clashed with thousands of demonstrators in the heart of Kurds in the Southeast.
Tuncel was among those banned from running. The decision was based on a demonstration she attended in 2007, said Gunes Dasli, helping the Tuncel. The authorities initiated a procedure against the legislature after the event, a fact that Tuncel and his campaign only discovered "last week," said Dasli msnbc.com.
"Dispossessed".
While some Kurds, particularly those in more religious communities, voted for the AKP applicable to the last elections, many feel that they are not fundamental rights.
Mutha Getin, a Kurdish journalist in Istanbul, said she and her family were still treated as second-class citizens.
"We went to rent a house;" "they give us because we were Kurdish,", said 22 - year - old Getin, whose family moved to Istanbul when she was five years old, after his brother joined the PKK outlaw. His family was hoping to escape violence in the Southeast.
"We have driven out the company," she said.
History: The wearing of headscarves slam brakes on the careers of womenAt 19 years, Getin was arrested and spent 16 months in prison after being accused of being a member of the PKK. It is still regularly detained by police and echo persistent on his cell phone convinced that it is operated.
"They want to show you that they have the power, they can touch you and anyone around you," she said.
This sense of disillusionment among Kurds who tried to be part of the political process is growing, according to the Adviser of Tuncel Dasli.
"Before, (the AKP said the Kurds) ' is to go to the mountain, go to Ankara, be part of the judicial process," she said, referring to how the Kurdish militants traditionally went "to the mountains" and joined the PKK.
"Now, the AKP says, ' go to the mountain, go to Ankara.'". ?
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