Tag Archives: Ali İsmail Korkmaz

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…

Bianet: Ali Ismail Korkmaz Hearing Postponed to 2014

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Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court postponed the first hearing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz case to February 3, 2014. Previously, the trial was moved from Eskişehir province for “security reasons”. Kayseri 3rd High Criminal Court postponed the first hearing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz case to February 3, 2014. Originally, the hearing was set to November 20 at Eskişehir 2nd High Criminal Court. The [...] → 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: No Doubt, These Kids Know Things – İrem Dönmez

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We went out on the streets. We liked our fists more when they were raised, we liked our voices better when they were multiplied with other voices. Puzzled, angry, we shouted. We were injured and murdered. Even so, we heightened our hope.   Things were not all right in the country. At the break of dawn the tents of good people [...] → Read the full article…

T24: An Eyewitness Accounts: How Was Ali İsmail Korkmaz Beaten To Death?

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An eyewitness told the day when Ali İsmail Korkmaz was beaten to pulp. Korkmaz passed away in Eskișehir in the hospital where he was treated. The fifth fatality during the Gezi protests occurred yesterday when Ali İsmail Korkmaz passed away due to brain hemorrhage. Korkmaz, 19, was a freshman at the English Teacher Department at the Faculty of Education of [...] → Read the full article…

Başka haber: On the night Ali İsmail Korkmaz was beaten “They were hitting to kill”

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Ali İsmail Korkmaz, 19, who was beaten up by an unidentified group while he was runing away from tear gas firing of the police at Gezi Park solidarity demonstrations in Eskişehir on 2 June 2013, has passed away at Osmangazi University Hospital. An entry on Ekşi Sözlük – an online urban dictionary in Turkish – tells about the events of [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: The life of the university student beaten in Eskişehir is still in critical condition

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Ali İsmail Korkmaz, battered by civilians weilding bats in their hands in Eskişehir, was disconnected from the breathing machine; however, his life is still in critical condition. The camera images the prosecution office demanded are deleted or damaged. Ali İsmail Korkmaz, 19, attacked by civilians weilding bats in their hands in Eskişehir, started to breath himself; however, his life is [...] → Read the full article…

Radikal: Undercover police detectives?

An incidence similar to the one in Izmir about people dressed in plain-clothes and claimed to be policemen has been said to have happened in Eskişehir. According to these claims, Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a university student, attacked by people in plain clothes and with clubs in their hands, was injured severely and had cerebral hemorrhage. Korkmaz’s state is critical. Disoroportionate [...] → Read the full article…