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…
Riot police and hundreds of protesters clashed on Tuesday after a teenager boy died from wounds he had received during an anti-government demonstration last year. The chaos escalated hours after it was announced that 15-year-old Berkin Elvan had died in an Istanbul hospital. Berkin’s family said he was on his way to a shop to buy bread when he was caught [...] → Read the full article…
This Page is frequently updated, please inform us about your events & changes Everywhere Taksim Facebook Page We are gathering in more than 25 cities worldwide to commemorate our brother Berkin Elvan who died today at the age of 15 and had been in coma since June last year when he was hit by a teargas cartridge during Gezi protests [...] → Read the full article…
Clashes have erupted at a hospital in Istanbul where a boy has died nine months after he was struck on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police. In Ankara, police fired tear gas to disperse some 2,000 protesters. The boy, Berkin Elvan, 15, was wounded while on his way to buy bread in June. He had been [...] → Read the full article…
A 15-year-old boy has died in hospital in Turkey nine months after a tear gas canister fired by police during a protest struck him on the head and put him in a coma. Berkin Elvan was going to buy bread in Istanbul last June when he was wounded. His is the eighth death linked to the anti-government protests which began [...] → Read the full article…
Berkin Elvan, who has been in a coma since June 2013 after being struck in the head by a gas canister during a police crackdown on protesters, died March 11, his family announced via Twitter. “To our people: We lost our son Berkin Elvan at 7 a.m. in the morning. Condolences to us all,” Elvan’s parents said in the message. [...] → Read the full article…
Berkin Elvan (15) died in his hospital bed this early – at 7 am local time. Gravely injured in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı district by a police bomb canister on June 16 during the Gezi Resistance, Berkin Elvan has been in comatose for 269 days. “To our people: We have lost our son Berkin Elvan at 7 am this morning. Condolences to [...] → Read the full article…
Berkin Elvan was not a looter. He was not even a protestor. He was – and continues to be – a victim. Fourteen years old at the time, Berkin went out to get bread for his family during the Gezi protests, then he was was hit by a gas canister fired by police. As Amnesty’s report on the Gezi Protests describes: Between [...] → Read the full article…