Tag Archives: Abdullah Comert

Hurriyet Daily News: Families of Gezi protests victims and injured protesters establish common association

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The families of those who lost their lives in the police crackdowns during the Gezi Park protests and those who were injured during the protests announced the establishment of a shared association on Jan. 21. The “Gezi Martyrs and Wounded Platform” was formally established following a meeting at the Istanbul Bar Association. The attendance of the elder brother of Mehmet [...] → Read the full article…

Al Monitor: Are Protests on the Rise Again in Turkey? – Orhan Kemal Cengiz

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The demonstrations that broke out across Turkey earlier this year after the police clampdown on an environmentalist protest at Istanbul’s Gezi Park came as a major sociopolitical quake for the country. The first tsunami after the big tremor is beginning to rise as street clashes spread again across Turkey over the Sept. 10 death of a 22-year-old protester in Hatay province. A [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet.org: “We worry that police violence might go unpunished”

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During the Gezi Resistance across Turkey, police violence left 4 protestors dead and 7,882 injured with 59 gravely injured. 71 demonstrators have been arrested for “public property damage”. Advocate Efkan Bolaç informed that no violent perpetrator police officers (except one) have yet to be arrested or prosecuted. Advocate Efkan Bolaç informed that no violent perpetrator police officers have yet to [...] → Read the full article…

Haberler.com: Sit-In protest at Gezi park continues without incident

Protesters at Gezi Park who sparked nationwide demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continued to occupy the park on Friday, with the pious among them performing Friday prayers. Protesters at Gezi Park who sparked nationwide demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continued to occupy the park on Friday, with the pious among them performing Friday prayers.There [...] → Read the full article…

Fıratnews: A protester shot to death by a gun in Hatay

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A young man, Abdullah Cömert, participating in the Gezi Park protests in the Armutlu neighborhood of Hatay’s town center, was dead, as a result of police shooting. According to the eye-witnesses, Cömert was killed by the bullets coming from the Scorpion police vehicle. It’s been reported that last night at 23:55 PM in the Armutlu neighborhood, there had been a [...] → Read the full article…

Marxism: Turkey: Brutal suppression leaves 3 dead, thousands injured – Urgent solidarity needed!

As the heroic movement of the masses of Turkey continues, the brutal oppression by the police and security forces has increased. There is an urgent need to lend a hand of solidarity to our brothers and sisters there. The response by Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan, has been remarkably similar to that of dictators that the Arab revolution brought down in [...] → Read the full article…