There were ugly scenes in Ankara on Monday on the anniversary of a suicide bombing that left more than 100 people dead.<br /><br /> Security forces clashed with pro-Kurdish activists trying to reach the site of the attack, blamed on ISIL.<br /><br /> Crowds cried ‘murderous state’ as they were blocked in their tracks, with dozens of arrests reported.<br /><br /> Citing security reasons, Turkish authorities only allowed relatives of the dead and a limited number of others through.<br /><br /> Tear gas and water cannon were used to disperse the demonstrators. <br /><br /> Some reports spoke of plastic bullets being used.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Police disperse groups marking first anniversary of Ankara attack https://t.co/Wsjct2yFrf pic.twitter.com/ln7bKwgvV9— Hürriyet Daily News (@HDNER) 10 octobre 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> With Turkey hit by a series of bombings blamed on ISIL and Kurdish rebels, Ankara’s governor Ercan Topaca said: “Regardless of the motives and perpetrators, we condemn all terrorist attacks”.<br /><br /> The double blast on October 10, 2015, killed 103 people and injured hundreds more.<br /><br /> It targeted a peace rally held by pro-Kurdish activists near Ankara railway station.<br /><br /> No one has ever been put on trial over the attack which followed the July 2015 collapse of a ceasefire between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).<br /><br /> Turkey’s army said on Monday that security forces had killed 417 Kurdish fighters since late August, helping disrupt the militants’ attack plans in the build-up to winter.<br /><br /> It said 88 members of the Turkish security forces had been killed and 152 wounded during the same period.<br /><br /> The PKK, which launched its separatist insurgency in 1984, is designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union – a label it rejects.<br />
