One person was killed on Tuesday in southeast Turkey when police clashed with hundreds of pro-Kurdish protesters demonstrating over the onslaught by ISIL on the Syrian border town of Kobani.

One person was killed on Tuesday in southeast Turkey when police clashed with hundreds of pro-Kurdish protesters demonstrating over the onslaught by ISIL on the Syrian border town of Kobani.

There were conflicting reports about how the 25-year-old protester was killed in the clashes in the city of Mus, with the Hurriyet newspaper saying the protester died of a gunshot wound after being caught in crossfire.

But NTV television said he was killed after being struck in the head by a tear gas cannister fired by police to disperse the protesters.