Police use rubber bullets against people resisting demolition of homes in İstanbul's Beykoz

Photo: BirGün

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The Beykoz District Municipality on İstanbul's Asian side attempted to evacuate homes as part of an urban transformation project despite court orders of stay of execution, daily BirGün reported.

To prevent municipal officials who came with trucks, residents of the Tokatköy Neighborhood set up barricades on the roads.

After a while, riot police arrived with water cannon trucks. They used rubber bullets and tear gas against the crowd and detained at least 16 people.

Beykoz'da vahşet var. Yüzlerce plastik mermi sıktılar. Evi gaza boğdular. Burada vicdan yok!!!! pic.twitter.com/QPz4LYZWYc

— İsmail Arı (@ismailari_) August 22, 2022

Videos showed police officers battering a child, as well as journalists to prevent them from filming the incidents.

Beykoz'da polis basına, bizlere böyle müdahale etti. KRT TV ekibi tartaklandı. Görüntü almamız engelleniyor. Yurttaşlara sert müdahaleye hazırlanıyorlar! @esultankeles @Disk_Basin_is @TGS_org_tr pic.twitter.com/EtmJti1bq7

— İsmail Arı (@ismailari_) August 22, 2022

The municipality run by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was going to demolish 238 buildings as part of the project. About 110 of them have been demolished. (EMK/VK)