content tagged with gezi protests

Justified ruling in Gezi Trial: There are criminals but no crimes

GEZİ TRIAL

Justified ruling in Gezi Trial: There are criminals but no crimes

According to İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court, Osman Kavala organized the Gezi protests together with Mücella Yapıcı, Can Atalay, Tayfun Kahraman, Ali Hakan Altınay, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi, Çiğdem Mater and Mine Özerden through Open Society Foundation.

8 June 2022 Hikmet Adal

Criminal complaints against Erdoğan for calling Gezi protesters 'sluts'

Criminal complaints against Erdoğan for calling Gezi protesters 'sluts'

Political party officials and lawyers have filed criminal complaints against the president because of his statements about Gezi Park protesters.

Deputies at Bosphorus Bridge: 'Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere resistance'

Deputies at Bosphorus Bridge: 'Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere resistance'

Deputies have hung a huge banner on Bosphorus Bridge on the anniversary of the Gezi Protests, police have intervened.

15 people sentenced to 93 years, 10 months in prison over Gezi protests

IN ERZİNCAN PROVINCE

15 people sentenced to 93 years, 10 months in prison over Gezi protests

Put on trial for joining the protests in Erzincan during the Gezi resistance in 2013, 15 people have been given up to 6 years, 8 months in prison each on the grounds that they resisted the police and violated the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.

27 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Two Defendants Acquitted in Case of Killing of Gezi Protester Ayvalıtaş

Two Defendants Acquitted in Case of Killing of Gezi Protester Ayvalıtaş

Mehmet Ayvalıtaş lost his life after being hit by a car during the 2013 Gezi resistance.

21 October 2019

Sixth Anniversary of the Death of Gezi Protester Korkmaz

Sixth Anniversary of the Death of Gezi Protester Korkmaz

Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a 19-year-old Gezi Park protester, died after 38 days of coma after he was beaten by the police and supporters of the government.

HRW on Gezi Trial: Charges Should be Dropped, Kavala, Aksakoğlu Should be Freed

HRW on Gezi Trial: Charges Should be Dropped, Kavala, Aksakoğlu Should be Freed

The prosecutor has provided absolutely no credible evidence of any criminal activity in the hundreds of intercepted phone calls, financial reports, travel records, and other material," the HRW said ahead of the first hearing of the trial.

President Erdoğan: Operations to Persist

President Erdoğan: Operations to Persist

President Erdoğan in his speech at the fast-breaking meal he attended has said, “Our fight against terror, these operations will not stop until peace and tranquility is restored; everyone should know it like that”.

Footage of Moment of Being Shot to be Examined Again

ETHEM SARISÜLÜK CASE

Footage of Moment of Being Shot to be Examined Again

Police officer Ahmet Şahbaz being tried on charge of shooting Ethem Sarısülük to death hasn’t been arrested again in the second hearing of retrial. The court has ruled re-examination of the footage.

No Decision of Arrest for Police Officer Şahbaz in Sarısülük Case

No Decision of Arrest for Police Officer Şahbaz in Sarısülük Case

Following the Court of Appeals’ reversal, Ethem Sarısülük trial restarted.

11 January 2016 Elif Akgül