Police violence

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Police Kills a Teenager in İstanbul

Police Kills a Teenager in İstanbul

Police attacked a protest demonstration in İstanbul. Fırat Elma (15) got shot and died.

Three Civilians Killed in Southeastern Turkey

Three Civilians Killed in Southeastern Turkey

Special operations team killed two people in Diyarbakır province while another citizen got killed in Mardin province.

Ağrı Bar President: Law Enforcement Officers Killed Two Teenagers

Ağrı Bar President: Law Enforcement Officers Killed Two Teenagers

Ağrı Bar President Ali Artuk told bianet the law enforcement officers killed two teenagers in Diyadin district of Ağrı province.

14 August 2015 Ekin Karaca

Police Torture Nonsuited: Not a Systematic Battery

Police Torture Nonsuited: Not a Systematic Battery

Complaints of 30 people, 2 of them were lawyers, who were allegedly tortured by police during Gezi Park Resistance in Eskişehir province were nonsuited since “it wasn’t a systematic torturing.”

15 July 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Activists Attacked by Unknown Perpetrators after Pride Parade

Activists Attacked by Unknown Perpetrators after Pride Parade

After attending Pride Parade, activists were attacked by unidentified persons in Tophane district of Istanbul. Four protesters were taken to hospital while an activist’s nose was broken. Witnesses said attackers shouted “You can’t escape, traitors!”

29 June 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Police Claims Following Principle of Proportionality

Police Claims Following Principle of Proportionality

Governorship of İstanbul defended the police intervention during Pride Parade and accepted the attack as “proportional force” and claimed parade was provocative.

Police Asks Permission to Blacklist, Lawyers Are Restricted

ISTANBUL COURT

Police Asks Permission to Blacklist, Lawyers Are Restricted

Police asked permission from the prosecutor to monitor the lawyers who came to help and support the detainee in the Court House. Prosecution restricted lawyers from accessing the case files.

5 May 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Police Attacks Newroz Celebrators in Batman Province

Police Attacks Newroz Celebrators in Batman Province

Police assaulted Newroz celebrators in the southeastern province of Batman yesterday with tear gas, rubber bullets and cannoned water. Several injuries were reported.

Armored Police Vehicle Crushes Protestor in Istanbul

Armored Police Vehicle Crushes Protestor in Istanbul

Cemil Kurt, a protestor who joined Berkin Elvan commemorations on March 11, has reportedly been ran over by an armored police vehicle and suffered from spine, leg and arm injuries.

18 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Police Points Rifles Towards Civilians During Berkin Elvan Protests

Police Points Rifles Towards Civilians During Berkin Elvan Protests

Police intervened a group in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı district who started a memorial march for Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old Gezi protestor who died last year after 269 days of comatose.

Teachers, Students Boycott Classes For Education Reform

Teachers, Students Boycott Classes For Education Reform

A countrywide boycott by the appeal of Eğitim-Sen educators union and Alevi organizations has been launched as of this morning to urge authorities to remove compulsory religion classes and education in mother tongue.

13 February 2015

Pepper Spray Forcer Police Supervisor Dismissed

Pepper Spray Forcer Police Supervisor Dismissed

Antep Governor’s Office released a statement saying that they have dismissed the police supervisor who forced his subordinate to spray pepper gas towards local business owners - an event documented with a footage.

13 February 2015

Police Tear Gas Attack After Ali İsmail Korkmaz Hearing

Police Tear Gas Attack After Ali İsmail Korkmaz Hearing

Following the issuing of verdict in the case of Ali İsmail Korkmaz in the central province of Kayseri this afternoon, police assaulted demonstrators who gathered to make a press statement outside the courthouse.

21 January 2015 Beyza Kural

“Being Kurdish is Enough to Be Attacked”

“Being Kurdish is Enough to Be Attacked”

Students protesting the assault on a Kurdish student on Maraş Sütçü İmam University campus faced violence both from ultranationalist students and police.

24 December 2014 Beyza Kural

Police Fires Rubber Bullets At Validebağ Grove Activists

Police Fires Rubber Bullets At Validebağ Grove Activists

Police reportedly attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets those activists who assembled in order to stop a mosque construction in the entrance of Istanbul’s Validebağ Grove despite a court order.

28 October 2014 Yüce Yöney

Police Intervenes in Validebağ Grove, Detains Advocate

Police Intervenes in Validebağ Grove, Detains Advocate

Police forcefully detained 5 individuals including advocate Can Atalay during protests to stop a demolition of a grove in Istanbul. 2 filed complaints against municipality workers for assault.

23 October 2014 Ayça Söylemez

TRT Protestors, 3 Journalists Released Despite Resuming Attacks

TRT Protestors, 3 Journalists Released Despite Resuming Attacks

Police released 25 women demonstrators and 3 active-duty journalists who were detained within protests to bring attention to Kobane. However, DİHA reporter Çiçek and Azadiya Welat worker Bağdu were assaulted.

14 October 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Anti-ISIS Students Attacked Again on Campus

Anti-ISIS Students Attacked Again on Campus

Around 25 students have been detained after the clashes between an allegedly pro-ISIS group and those who protest ISIS presence in Kobane. The former group reportedly attacked the latter with batons and machetes on Istanbul University campus.

13 October 2014 Beyza Kural

Hard to Be Journalist in Kobane, Police Violence Resumes

Hard to Be Journalist in Kobane, Police Violence Resumes

Media professional organizations Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and DİSK-affiliated Basın-İş condemned the intervention of police forces to media workers in Suruç and Kobane.

25 September 2014

Turkey Convicted From “Halt Warning”

Turkey Convicted From “Halt Warning”

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment on the case of Yusuf Çoraman, an applicant who was subjected to police fire detention for a traffic offense.

16 July 2014 Ayça Söylemez

3rd Hearing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz Case

3rd Hearing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz Case

Today, the defendants will stand trial in the case of Ali Ismail case, a Gezi protestor who died in the result of mass beating in Eskişehir province. Family members of killed individuals during Gezi Resistance, deputies and supporters of human rights participated the hearing of the Korkmaz case.

TİHV, İHD: 5,848 Subjected to Police Violence

TİHV, İHD: 5,848 Subjected to Police Violence

Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) issued a joint press release at IHD Istanbul Headquarters on 26 June - the International Day in support of Victims of Torture.

27 June 2014 Pınar Ağabeyoğlu

That TOMA Breaks its Silence!

That TOMA Breaks its Silence!

A year has passed since the interview with the trees of Gezi Resistance. This time we held out the microphone to the TOMA (police tank) on the other side of the resistance: I underwent all those things, and the Prime Minister never once called me up.

9 June 2014 Diren Dayanan

Attack on High Security Checkpoint Protest in Lice, Two Dead

Attack on High Security Checkpoint Protest in Lice, Two Dead

Soldiers attacked the protests in Lice against the construction of police stations and high security police checkpoints. Two Lice residents, Ramazan Baran (24) and Baki Akdemir (50) were killed. Two people were injured, one of them female. The funerals of the deceased were held yesterday.

Police Violence Against Journalists Documented

Police Violence Against Journalists Documented

Police attacked a group of journalists on the job in Taksim during the Gezi Resistance Anniversary Protests on May 31. The incident has been recorded and streamed by KameraSokak, a voluntary group dedicated to record protest and police violence.

2 June 2014 Elif Akgül

Our New Paramilitaries: Trust Teams

EKİN KARACA REPORTED

Our New Paramilitaries: Trust Teams

I saw the people called “Trust Teams”, whom one doesn’t even recognize to be police officers, for the first time at a social event. They put on their show in the first year commemorations of the Gezi Resistance through swearing, violence and shouting.

2 June 2014 Ekin Karaca

Elif Çermik, Hospitalized Due to Tear Gas, Dies At 64

Elif Çermik, Hospitalized Due to Tear Gas, Dies At 64

Elif Çermik, 64, lost her life this morning after being hospitalized due to tear gas exposition on December 22, 2013 during Istanbul Town Rally.

“Police Killed 155 People in 7 Years”

“Police Killed 155 People in 7 Years”

Baran Tursun Foundation released a message on the occasion of Mother’s Day, saying that they could detect at least 155 individuals who were killed by the police between 2007 and 2014.

The Last Decade of May Day Celebrations in Istanbul

The Last Decade of May Day Celebrations in Istanbul

The 10-year long history of May Day celebrations proved the assumption of “something happens whenever police is involved” as police violence occured every year except the three years when police did not apply “security measures”.

12 Journalists Attacked, 1 Detained on May Day

12 Journalists Attacked, 1 Detained on May Day

The May Day bans affected civilians, tourists and journalists in Turkey with at least 12 journalists attacked and 1 detained by the police. Journalists’ Society of Turkey (TGC) condemned the police violence.

2 May 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Police Detains Children on Children’s National Day

Police Detains Children on Children’s National Day

Police detained 4 children for chanting “Berkin Elvan is immortal” during Istanbul’s official April 23 celebrations attended by Governor Mutlu.

May Day Committee Faces Police Violence

May Day Committee Faces Police Violence

Police intervened May Day Committee members as they gathered in Istanbul to make a press statement on this year's celebrations. While committee members resist to make a statement, police reportedly detained some demonstrators.