December 2009 Kurdish protests in Turkey

December 2009 Kurdish protests
December 2009 Kurdish protests
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Serhildan
Date	December 11-December 15, 2009
Location	Turkey; Iraqi Kurdistan
Caused by	Ban of the Democratic Society Party by the Constitutional Court of Turkey
Methods	Riots; Civil resistance; Demonstrations; General strikes; Spontaneous uprisings;
Resulted in	DTP remains banned; Arrest of many DTP and KCK members; BDP parliamentary bloc formed to replace DTP; Escalation of violence in Kurdish–Turkish conflict;
Parties
Kurdish protesters; DTP; BDP; KCK	Turkey Turkish military; Turkish police; Village guards; Turkish nationalist protesters
Lead figures
	Ahmet Türk; Aysel Tuğluk; Emine Ayna; Leyla Zana; Nurettin Demirtaş; Selahattin Demirtaş; Gültan Kışanak; Zübeyır Aydar; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Abdullah Gül; İlker Başbuğ; Işık Koşaner; Beşir Atalay; Vecdi Gönül;
Casualties and losses
3 killed; 8 injured; 32 arrested	5 police injured

The December 2009 Kurdish protests in Turkey were five days of protests in Turkey that ensued after a December 11, 2009 ruling by the Constitutional Court of Turkey that banned the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), after finding them guilty of having links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and spreading "terrorist propaganda."

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