Tag Archives: police violence

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

aliismailkorkmaz

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…

Amnesty International: Turkey: End abuse and reveal extent of injuries

519905_150_2

Turkish citizens continue to be beaten, unjustly detained, and abused by police forces amid massive protests. This violence has got to stop, but only massive international outrage from supporters like you can move the needle now. Please send an urgent message to authorities demanding an end to the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors. Authorities must restore the right [...] → Read the full article…

MD. Savas Comlek: “ It is not possible to describe with words what happened at Gezi on the night of June 11”

We talked with one of the Yesil Gazete editors,  Dr. Savas Comlek,  about the infirmaries in the park and what happenned during his detention. He was taken into custody on June 16 and released the same day, How did you become involved with the Gezi Parki protests? I want to live in a better city. In recent years, the city [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: “Police violence” application to Council of Europe

490-260

Bar Associations Union of Turkey announced today that it will do a series of application international institutions regarding the judicial and administrative investigations on volunteer doctors by health ministry officials and excessive police force. Bar Associations Union of Turkey held an emergency board meeting after an appeal by its chairperson Metin Feyzioğlu. The union board reached the following decisions by [...] → Read the full article…

Hurriyet Daily News: Family of protester allegedly shot by police asks for justice

n_48782_4

Ethem Sarısülük, who was allegedly shot by a police officer in Ankara, has been announced as brain-dead by his family, who demanded the responsible be brought to justice and expressed concern about the investigations. Ethem Sarısülük, 26, who had been on life support since June 1, was today pronounced dead by his family. Mustafa Sarısülük, Ethem’s brother, told the Hürriyet [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Gezi protestor dies in Ankara

Ethem Sarısülük, 26, died late Wednesday after struggling for life for 11 days since he was shot on the head during the first days of protests in Ankara, on June 1, in solidarity with Gezi Park resistance. Sarısülük died after being declared brain dead on June 5, increasing the number of casualties in Gezi protests across the country to three. [...] → Read the full article…

If you shut up at this moment you either become slaves or die.

5232_203030966517023_79752083_n-300x300

They barricaded the Barbaros Boulevard in Istanbul with tanks. And they were running down on people by Riot Control Vehicles and tear gas bombs from three different directions. Everybody just dispersed all over. Me and two of my friends, we took refuge in another friend’s office at the ground level. Then policemen forced into the office. Some of them were [...] → Read the full article…

Hulya is still beautiful!

clip_image001-300x200

I was walking around Gezi Park when I bumped into this woman. She was sitting quietly. It was not difficult to guess what had happened to her but I wanted to ask her the story. She said that the police had targeted her face. Her teeth are broken and she has some fractures on her jaw. Yet, she is calm [...] → Read the full article…

  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4