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March 12th 2014 Protest in Şişli, Istanbul for Berkin Elvan’s funeral
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No to state repression, Erdogan out!
Human Rights Watch: Dispatches – Turkey – Justice for Berkin Elvan
Fifteen-year-old Berkin Elvan has died after 269 days in a coma. The Istanbul schoolboy incurred a head injury that doctors say was most likely inflicted by police shooting a teargas canister directly at him at close range. The incident happened during the June 2013 protests in many Istanbul neighborhoods and in cities across Turkey, triggered by the police’s violent dispersal [...] → Read the full article…
Berkin Elvan 11 March 2014
Guardian: Turkish police fire teargas to quell protests after boy, 15, dies
Berkin Elvan has been in coma since June last year when he was hit by a teargas cartridge during anti-government protests in Istanbul Fresh clashes between Turkish police and protesters have erupted in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara on Tuesday , after a 15-year-old boy died from a head injury sustained during anti-government protests last summer. Berkin Elvan, then aged [...] → Read the full article…
Reuters: Death of Turkish boy hurt in protests triggers further unrest
Protesters clashed with police in Turkey’s two biggest cities on Tuesday after the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds in Istanbul and Ankara, the latest pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, already battling a graft [...] → Read the full article…
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Bianet: Berkin Protests Spread Across Turkey
The news of Berkin Elvan’s death triggered a series of protests across the country, including high school students boycotting classes in Izmir province, demonstrators initiating sit-ins with bread in their hands and local business owners putting up signs on their shop windows. The death news of Berkin Elvan, a 15 year-old boy from Istanbul who died after a 269-day comatose [...] → Read the full article…