Desecration of Turkish flag: Two people arrested in Mersin

Suleyman Ekizer, the deputy police chief of southern city of Mersin, said on Wednesday that two people were captured in connection with burning the Turkish flag during a demonstration of the DEHAP to mark the Nevruz on March 20th. Ekizer said that the suspects were detained, and a detailed statement would be made later. Yesterday, the General Staff condemned burning of the Turkish flag by protesters which it qualified as ''traitors''. Echoing the General Staff's criticism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told at a news conference in Brussels, ''it is impossible for the government to remain indifferent to this.''Â