Kurdish forces in Kobane pushed so-called Islamic State (Isis) invaders out of the city yesterday.

People’s and women’s protection units (YPG/YPJ) in the besieged city in northern Syria launched counter-offensives against the militant group that forced Isis fighters to withdraw from parts of the city overrun on Tuesday.

Several human rights organisations launched a plea yesterday for the world to save Kobane.

The Isis offensive on Kobane and their “inhuman practices and measures have taken a clear form of persecution and ethnic cleansing,” the seven organisations — including the Kurdish Organisation for Human Rights — said.

The potential turning of the tide could leave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan red-faced after he said on Tuesday that the city was on the verge of falling to Isis.

His was a sentiment not shared among Turkey’s large Kurdish population. Many took to the streets on Tuesday night (pictured above) demanding that Turkey do something to help the embattled city just over the border.

Clashes between police and protesters left at least 14 dead.

Turkey’s private Dogan news agency reported eight dead in the eastern city of Diyarbakir and that the other victims died in cities in the east as police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters who burned cars and damaged businesses.

One person in Istanbul had to be taken to hospital having been hit in the head by a gas canister, Dogan reported.

Some protesters shouted: “Murderer Isis!” and accused Turkey of collaborating with the Islamic militants.

The human rights organisations also slammed Turkey for closing its border to civilian refugees from Kobane.

The Kurdistan Communities Union — linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) — urged Muslims everywhere to get behind Kobane.

“We call on the whole Islamic world to join our noble struggle for humanity against the Isis gangs who are the enemy of Islam,” it said.

It accused Mr Erdogan’s AKP government of developing “these genocidal attacks,” saying his prediction that Kobane would fall was “an official announcement of the alliance between Isis and the AKP.”

The US stepped up its air strikes in the city yesterday, with activists on the ground suggesting they had been more successful than previous bombardments.