Umur Can Erşahin, who was shot with a tear gas cartridge on his head during Gezi Park protests, says, “I will not change because of this incident.” Umur Can Erşahin, 27, suffered from a cerebral trauma and hemorrhage after being hit by a tear gas cartridge which was fired from a distance of 10 metres. Erşahin says: “If violently attack [...] → Read the full article…
Hakan Yaman’s lawyer and wife stated that he was battered by 5 police officers while passing through a street during the Gezi Park protests in Sancaktepe. They added that he lost an eye due to this violence. İstanbul – Hakan Yaman, a school bus driver, ‘considered to be a protester’ by the police, was battered and injured in Sancaktepe during [...] → Read the full article…
“Teargas and water cannon deployed hours after prime minister demands an end to 10 days of demonstrations. Turkish riot police using teargas and water cannon battled protesters for control of Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday night, hours after the prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, demanded an immediate end to 10 days of demonstrations. Istanbul’s governor, Huseyin Avni Mutlu, declared on [...] → Read the full article…
What you will read below is extremely disturbing. It is the firsthand impressions of a Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University student who was detained by police in connection with the Gezi Park incidents in Istanbul. We, as a generation, grew up in an atmosphere of state brutality, when most of the time sex crimes were part of the torture process during military [...] → Read the full article…
10 000 manifestants dans les rues d’Ankara
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Photograph of woman turning from the pepper spray has become defining image of Turkey’s days of violent protest Women feel threatened by official promotion of the Islamic headscarf and concerns about women’s rights Many have joined in the street fighting raging in Turkey since Friday British student Melisa Kenber said she was sprayed in the face for filming police during [...] → Read the full article…
Police (of state Ankara), attacks a pedestrian from back. 02 June 2013 Source: www.liveleak.com
On the night of the 2nd of June, in Dolmabahçe, from a distance of 5 meters she was shot by a tear gas cartridge. The cartridge hit her eyebrow. Her forefront was cracked open. At the infirmary in Taksim Square, they tried emegency medical intervention without success. so, she was brought to the German Hospital where they diagnosed her situation [...] → Read the full article…