PKK sympathisers & Turkish nationalist groups here

[iancrumpy]

A lot on the TRNC news web sites this weekend about the incidents at Cyprus International University in Lefkoşa.

Apparently it all started at 01:30 on Friday evening / Saturday morning when there was a serious altercation between three "Eastern Turkish" students (shown below) and two other Turkish students, when (apparently) the three students objected to not receiving a greeting in reply to the theirs ... yeah, I know, petty In any case, the police arrived on the scene and arrested just the three (Eastern) students, who apparently were the worse for alcohol.
Source : http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/lefkosad ... 53115.html

Unfortunately, the fact that the police arrested only the "Eastern" students, led to a demonstation at the university later on Saturday morning by between 70 and 100 PKK sympathisers, many of whom arrived from outside the campus. Apparently they were shouting slogans (in Kurdish) such as "Long Live Apo" - this refers to the PKK leader currently imprisoned by the Turkish authorities. Apparently various windows were broken and other students (one presumes that didn't support the demonstrators) were attacked. One in particular, Arda Güç (shown below) was taken to Lefkoşa's hospital, where he was found to have a fractured skull.
Source : http://www.gundemkibris.com/egitim-yuva ... 45180h.htm

The headlines of this report http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/bu-kavga ... 53144.html say "Let this be the Last" and "We don't want to see any more of your fights".
It should be noted that there have been similar incidents before between PKK sympathisers and Turkish Nationalists, particularly at Near East University in Lefkoşa and Eastern Mediterranean University in Mağusa

[iancrumpy]

Yesterday, there was an escalation in the tensions between PKK sympathisers and mainland Turkish Nationalists in the TRNC, when members of the latter group drove around Lefkoşa, in a convoy of 20 to 30 cars, waving Turkish and Nationalist flags ... and showing the bozkurt with their hands (as seen below) - the bozkurt is a certain sort of wolf associated with Turks in the past, but these days it's normally used by the Nationalists to show their dislike of the Kurds.

In any case, the police didn't stop the convoy, but followed them to "ensure the safety of the public."

Source: http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/gerginli ... 53500.html