Two people were injured in an explosion in the south-eastern
Turkey city of Hakkari Saturday, a day before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan was scheduled to visit the city, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The cause of the explosion at the Hakkari offices of Erdogan's Justice and
Development Party (AKP) was not immediately known, dpa reported.
Tensions in the predominantly Kurdish-populated south-east Turkey have been
high in recent weeks with a number of protests against the government ahead of
local elections next year.
Erdogan on Saturday was in the city of Van where protesters shouting separatist
and pro-Kurdish Workers' Party slogans clashed with police. A small number of
injuries were reported.
Ankara blames the separatist group for the deaths of more than 35,000 people
since the early 1980s when the PKK began its fight for independence or autonomy
for the mainly Kurdish-populated south-east of Turkey.
The PKK is considered by the United States and the European Union to be a
terrorist group.