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Police violence

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A Sunday Morning in Istanbul
A Sunday Morning in Istanbul
In various events and locations, police intervened book readers, soccer fans and Berkin Elvan mourners yesterday, detaining dozens of Istanbulites.
21 April 2014
Stalemate Between Unions and Governor as May Day Nears
Stalemate Between Unions and Governor as May Day Nears
Throughout the week, the talks between Turkey’s major workers unions and Governor of Istanbul have resulted in a stalemate over the celebration venue for this year’s May Day celebrations. Governor Mutlu recommended Yenikapı Square for May Day, while DISK President Kani Beko stated that they are insistent about celebrating at Taksim.
16 April 2014
Police Department Anniversary Celebrations on Twitter!
Police Department Anniversary Celebrations on Twitter!
As prominent members of Turkey’s Police Force are participating in different kinds of activities to celebrate the 169th anniversary of Police Department, twitter users across the country sharing police violence images on their accounts!
10 April 2014
Police Intervenes Greif Worker Resistance
Police Intervenes Greif Worker Resistance
Early this morning, police intervened the 60-day long worker resistance at Greif Company in Istanbul’s Hadımköy district. While police detained several people including two journalists, workers are struggling to have a collective labor agreement.
10 April 2014
Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister
Police Shoots 10 y.o. Boy With Tear Gas Canister
Last night, police hit M.E (10) in the head with a tear gas canister in Silvan district of Diyarbakır (a southeastern city of Turkey). While M.E. was admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital in critical condition, doctors said his health improved throughout the day.
26 March 2014
Police Attacks Protestors, Besieges Downtown Istanbul
Police Attacks Protestors, Besieges Downtown Istanbul
Following Berkin Elvan's funeral ceremony, police promptly attacked those who gathered around Osmanbey district in Istanbul. While Taksim Square has been gripped by the police, Gezi Park has been shut down, again.
12 March 2014
It is Spring in Istanbul
It is Spring in Istanbul
Clouds of gas blanket the streets of Ankara and Istanbul, and the people’s eyes fill with tears. They cry for 15-year-old Berkin Elvan who is dead from a head injury caused by a gas canister fired by riot police last June.
12 March 2014 Susan Ross
Thousands Bid Farewell to Berkin Elvan
[LIVE UPDATES]
Thousands Bid Farewell to Berkin Elvan
Thousands are bidding farewell to Berkin Elvan, a 15 year-old child who has been in comatose for 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister and died as of early yesterday morning.
12 March 2014
Istanbulites Take Streets For Berkin Elvan
Istanbulites Take Streets For Berkin Elvan
While the police used tear gas to break up protestors, at least man was reported injured in the head by a canister and a woman suffered from crush foot by a TOMA vehicle.
11 March 2014 Beyza Kural,Yüce Yöney,Elif Akgül
Dilan’s Memory Returns As She Hears of Ethem’s Name
Dilan’s Memory Returns As She Hears of Ethem’s Name
bianet interviewed Dilan Dursun, a Gezi protestor who suffered from brain injury due to tears gas bomb canister after Ethem Sarısülük’s funeral ceremony on June 16.
13 December 2013 Beyza Kural
Eye-Loser Gezi Protestor Sentenced to House Arrest
Eye-Loser Gezi Protestor Sentenced to House Arrest
Çağdaş Küçükbattal, a Gezi Resistance protestor who lost his eye due to a gas bomb canister, was put under house arrest.
8 November 2013 Ayça Söylemez
ECHR Ignores Torture Footage
ECHR Ignores Torture Footage
The European Court of Human Rights did not find Turkey guilty of violating torture ban in a case where police assaulted the applicant by turning his arm. Instead, the court found Turkey guilty for poor investigation.
5 November 2013 Ayça Söylemez
11 Detained at METU Solidarity Protest in Istanbul
11 Detained at METU Solidarity Protest in Istanbul
Police detained 11 individuals who gathered in Istanbul to protest the cutting of trees for a road construction on METU campus in Ankara. While 4 were released briefly after, the remaining 11 detainees will testify before a prosecutor today.
23 October 2013 Ekin Karaca
“Tear Gas Must Be Banned in Turkey, Worldwide”
“Tear Gas Must Be Banned in Turkey, Worldwide”
“Turkey or worldwide, tear gas must not be produced,” said Chamber of Chemical Engineers 2nd Chairperson Onur Gökulu, responding police authorities’ statements on the planned production of “national tear gas”.
3 October 2013 Beyza Kural
“Police Systematically Used Tear Gas as a Weapon”
PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
“Police Systematically Used Tear Gas as a Weapon”
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) urged the U.S. authorities to suspend tear gas exports to Turkey. “The Turkish government used needless and extreme forced,” said PHR regarding the police intervention during Gezi Resistance.
26 September 2013
Did Policemen Face Investigation?
GEZI RESISTANCE
Did Policemen Face Investigation?
AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler.
20 September 2013
Did Policemen Face Investigation?
GEZI RESISTANCE
Did Policemen Face Investigation?
AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler.
20 September 2013
Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial
Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial
Osman Erden, an assistant professor who was detained and subjected to police violence in downtown Istanbul during Gezi Resistance, was ordered to stand trial for “resisting police officers and attending an illegal demonstration”. Erden is facing prison sentence up to 3 years.
20 September 2013 Ayça Söylemez
“Police Relies on Impunity”
“Police Relies on Impunity”
İHD Mersin Branch Chairperson Tanrıverdi said the recent hospitalization of D.Ö (8) due to police violence was caused by a sense of reliance on impunity. BDP deputy Kürkçü, on the other hand, criticized the fact that the neighborhood housed a riot police station.
19 September 2013 Ekin Karaca
At Least 8 Journalists Injured in Ahmet Atakan Protests
At Least 8 Journalists Injured in Ahmet Atakan Protests
Several journalists were subjected to police violence in Ahmet Atakan protests across Turkey last night. At least 8 journalist were reportedly injured. Various journalist associations in Turkey protested.
11 September 2013
Police Attacks “Justice” Demonstration
Police Attacks “Justice” Demonstration
Police broke up protestors in Istanbul’s Okmeydani district who gathered to demand justice for B.E. (14), a Gezi Resistance demonstrator in coma for 86 days. While 10 demonstrators and 1 policeman were injured, 5 were detained including 3 children. Among injured protestors included Mete Diş, a cancer patient.
9 September 2013 Ayça Söylemez
Police Authorities Decline to Disclose Gas Bomber Policemen
Police Authorities Decline to Disclose Gas Bomber Policemen
An administrative investigation has been launched on May Day police violence with the testimony of Serdal Gül - a demonstrator with head injury. Police authorities, however, didn’t disclose the names of police officers in the investigation file.
3 September 2013
600 Policemen Attack Deputy Kürkçü, 6 Justice Walkers
GEZI RESISTANCE
600 Policemen Attack Deputy Kürkçü, 6 Justice Walkers
600 policemen have attacked 6 activists who walked from the southern province to Istanbul in order to protest police violence and demand for justice, Ahmet Saymadi said. According to BDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü, police sprayed pepper gas from close distance, leaving him injured.
21 August 2013 Ekin Karaca
Amnesty International Calls For Cyber Protest
Amnesty International Calls For Cyber Protest
Amnesty International called for action to protest police violence through a cyber platform of Taksim Square where participants could tag themselves by logging in by social media accounts.
2 August 2013
Interior Ministry Admits Police Use of Bats
GEZI RESISTANCE
Interior Ministry Admits Police Use of Bats
Interior Minister Muammer Güler warned police officers on a variety of issues including “not throwing gas bombs from close distance”, “not dispersing protestors with material like bats” and “not allowing aggressors who attack protestors with bats and machetes”.
23 July 2013
Turkey Convicted of Pepper Gas Use, Police Violence
ECHR VERDICT
Turkey Convicted of Pepper Gas Use, Police Violence
The European Court of Human Rights reached a verdict on the case of Nergiz Izci, a peaceful March 8 demonstrator who was subjected to police beatings and pepper gas. Turkey was ordered to pay 20,000 euros to Izci.
23 July 2013 Ayça Söylemez
Osman Erden Shares His Police Violence Story
Osman Erden Shares His Police Violence Story
“The attitude of political power on police authorities brings along the violence,” said Osman Erden, assistant professor at MSGSÜ who has been subjected to police violence and detained on Saturday during a TMMOB press statement in downtown Istanbul.
15 July 2013 Beyza Kural
111 Media Workers Suffer From Police Intervention in 40 Days
PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION REPORT
111 Media Workers Suffer From Police Intervention in 40 Days
According to statistics by Fotoğraf Vakfı (Photography Foundation), 111 journalists and documentary photographers suffered from police Intervention in 40 days by either being injured, detained, barred from working.
12 July 2013
Beating Scenes “Missing” in Footage
KILLING OF ALI ISMAIL KORKMAZ
Beating Scenes “Missing” in Footage
Prosecutors obtained a footage from the “broken” surveillance camera nearby the crime scene of Ali Ismail Korkmaz beating. The footage, however, didn’t include any attack scenes - a controversial situation that made Korkmaz’s family advocate suspicion on evidence obscuring.
12 July 2013 Beyza Kural
Various Moods of Turkish Police
VIDEO
Various Moods of Turkish Police
Authorities closed down Gezi Park again last night - after reopening following a long closure of 23 days. Some of Turkish police response to protestors appeared on bianet cameras as follows.
9 July 2013 Beyza Kural,Elif Akgül
“All Detainees Must Be Released”
TAKSİM SOLIDARITY RELEASED A STATEMENT
“All Detainees Must Be Released”
Taksim Solidarity held a press conference this morning, urging the immediate release of their detained members. “It was the people who ensured the status of park as it is,” they said.
9 July 2013 Nilay Vardar
“Doctors Battered, Equipment Destroyed”
TIHV REPORT CITES POLICE VIOLENCE
“Doctors Battered, Equipment Destroyed”
Human Right Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) released a report, saying that 3,413 people were detained and 94 arrested during Gezi Resistance. The report cited the detailed experiences of those who were subjected to police or hit by gas bombs canisters.
5 July 2013 Ayça Söylemez
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