The riots started when peaceful demonstration "unity and tolerance among Turks and Kurds", where thousands of both ethics took part, was attacked by turkish fascists. The fascist riots were organized by the "grey wolves", a well known aggressive turkish fascist organization. Kurds and left winged people were hunted by them. They threw stones and bottles and some had knives. A kurdish club room was attacked for hours, 50 people were locked in.
Police was not able to get the situation under control from afternoon until night.