Mannheim, Germany. 25th February 2018. Riot police officers stand in front of the Kurdish protesters, separating them from the Turkish protesters. Turkish and Kurdish protesters faced each others at protests in the city centre of Mannheim. The Turkish protesters supported the attack by the Turkish army on the Syrian city of Afrin, which is controlled by the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG). The Kurdish counter protesters called the Turkish state terrorists for the attack.

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