President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday blasted the top European human rights court's call for Turkey to release Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas after four years in jail.

Erdogan slams European court's ruling to release Kurdish politician Demirtas

Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating in southeast Turkey on Tuesday against the ousting of three Kurdishmayors five months after they were elected.

Turkish police use water cannon, batons on Kurdish protesters

The sweeping arrest operation came after weekend attacks killed 44 people in Istanbul, which were claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons

200 pro-Kurdish Peoples` Democratic Party officials detained by Turkish police