Police intervention against women naming the street after Deniz Poyraz

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In memory of Deniz Poyraz, a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who was killed in the armed attack against the HDP İzmir office, women from the "Women are Strong Together" platform went to the street where the HDP İzmir office is located and named it after Poyraz.

The police intervened against the women with pepper gas.

The Platform of "Implement the İstanbul Convention" shared the below video from the intervention, attaching the note:

"The police attacked the women who gave the name of Deniz Poyraz to the street where she was massacred. In İzmir, the Women are Strong Together came in front of the HDP building where she was massacred and named the street after Deniz Poyraz. The police attacked the women with pepper gas. Prevent the murderers, not women!"

Katledildiği sokağa Deniz Poyraz'ın ismini veren kadınlara polis saldırdı. İzmir'de Kadınlar Birlikte Güçlü, #DenizPoyraz'ın katledildiği HDP binası önüne giderek sokağa Deniz Poyraz ismini verdi. Polis, kadınlara biber gazı ile saldırdı.

Kadınları değil katilleri engelleyin! pic.twitter.com/pyjisZP08F

— İstanbul Sözleşmesini Uygula (@istsozuygula) June 23, 2021

Also, a group of women, including HDP Women's Assembly Spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran and HDP İzmir MP Serpil Kemalbay, visited the family of HDP's Deniz Poyraz, who was killed by Onur Gencer in the HDP İzmir Provincial Organization building, and extended their condolences.

Women wanted removal of tent

Then, despite all attempts of prevention, a signboard has been put on the street, thereby naming it after Deniz Poyraz.

On the other side, the women protested the tent set up on the street where the HDP İzmir office is located. HDP MP Serpil Kemalbay said, "The murderer is this tent, we want this tent to be removed from here."

Women chanted the slogan, "Remove the tent."

What happened?

A male perpetrator named Onur Gencer carried out an armed attack on the HDP İzmir office on June 17 and killed party worker Deniz Poyraz.

Gencer was arrested the next day. In his statement, he said that "he would have killed whoever inside the office."

The HDP announced that "there was going to be a meeting on that day, but it was postponed." While the killing of Deniz Poyraz caused a public outrage, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about the attack two days later.

Devlet Bahçeli, the Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which is a part of the ruling alliance, made targeting and accusatory remarks about Deniz Poyraz after her passing. (EMK/SD)