Tag Archives: Police brutality

Bianet: “Tear Gas Must Be Banned in Turkey and worldwide”

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“Turkey or worldwide, tear gas must not be produced,” said Chamber of Chemical Engineers 2nd Chairperson Onur Gökulu, responding police authorities’ statements on the planned production of “national tear gas” “We are opposed to the production and use of tear gas not only in Turkey but anywhere in the world. Turkey or worldwide, tear gas must not be produced,” said [...] → Read the full article…

Amnesty International Report: Gezi Park Protests – Brutal Denial of the Right to Peaceful Assembly in Turkey

In a major report issued today, Amnesty International has given compelling and comprehensive documentation of Gezi events, providing detailed evidence of Turkish authorities suppression of freedom of assembly and expression. At least eight thousand injured, at least five confirmed deaths (with strong evidence linking at least three of these deaths to police abuse), many thousands detained. As this powerful video [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial

Osman Erden, an assistant professor who was detained and subjected to police violence in downtown Istanbul during Gezi Resistance, was ordered to stand trial for “resisting police officers and attending an illegal demonstration”. Erden is facing prison sentence up to 3 years. By Ayca Soylemez – Istanbul Osman Erden, an assistant professor of art history at Mimar Sinan Fines Arts [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Did Policemen Face Investigation?

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AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler. İstanbul – BIA News Desk Police authorities released a statement, saying that 31 active-duty policemen faced investigation due to their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: A Least 8 Journalists Injured in Ahmet Atakan Protests

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Several journalists were subjected to police violence in Ahmet Atakan protests across Turkey last night. At least 8 journalist were reportedly injured. Various journalist associations in Turkey protested. A policeman pointing his gas bomb launcher at journalist Ahmet Şık at close distance on Tuesday in Taksim. Several journalists were subjected to police violence in Ahmet Atakan protests across Turkey last [...] → Read the full article…

Al Jazeera: Demonstrator’s death stirs protests in Turkey

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Dissident groups stage demonstrations after death of 22-year-old man during clashes with police in country’s southeast. Anti-government protesters have gathered in Turkey after a demonstrator died during a protest in the southeastern province of Hatay. Hundreds of demonstrators marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday after Taksim Solidarity Platform, an umbrella group of Turkish dissidents, called for a gathering to mark the death [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Ahmet Atakan’s Preliminary Autopsy

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“There is no evidence that supports Ahmet Atakan’s death with fall. How does the governor know his cause of death?” said Hatay Chamber of Medicines Chairman Selim Matkap after attending METU Resistance protestor Ahmet Atakan’s autopsy early this morning. Early this morning, an autopsy has been made on Ahmet Atakan (23), a METU Resistance protestor who died due to a [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Protesters in Tuzluçayır terrorized by police

Clashes between demonstrators and police are continuing since yesterday in the neighborhood of Tuzluçayır in Ankara’s Mamak district. People are protesting against a government project, a mosque-djemevi combination, which locals see as an assimilation project against Alawi minorities, a joint organization by Fethullah Gülen and Cem Association. Thousands of people gathered in the neighborhood to protest the construction after its [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Police Attacks “Justice” Demonstration

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Police broke up protestors in Istanbul’s Okmeydani district who gathered to demand justice for B.E. (14), a Gezi Resistance demonstrator in coma for 86 days. While 10 demonstrators and 1 policeman were injured, 5 were detained including 3 children. Among injured protestors included Mete Diş, a cancer patient. Police broke up protestors in Istanbul’s Okmeydani district who started a “justice [...] → Read the full article…

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