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Existing U.S. alliances and other priorities make it hard for the Obama administration to respond.
Mohammed Rasool was arrested in August while reporting on Kurdish tensions.
A "courageous defender of human rights."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I'm a human lover. I can't just watch and let this happen," says volunteer Jesper Söder of Sweden.
President Erdogan, whose AK Party won back a parliamentary majority on Sunday, had pledged to continue operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party.
"This is a success exceeding our expectations," a party official said, acknowledging the scale of the victory was a surprise.
Turkey is a key U.S. ally in the fight against ISIS.
Nearly a dozen people were injured before police quelled the skirmish.
Mourners accuse the Turkish government of enabling Saturday's bombings in Ankara.