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FIRST OFFICIAL DEATH RECORDED IN GEZI PARK PROTESTS: TURKISH DOCTORS UNION
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/03/stambul-death/
19:34 â~@¢ 03.06.13
A Socialist Solidarity Platform (SODAP) member has been hit and killed
after a car driver ignored warnings to stop for protesters organizing a
Gezi Park solidarity demonstration in Umraniye's 1 Mayıs neighborhood,
the Turkish Doctors' Union (TTB) said today.
The victim, 20-year-old Mehmet AyvalıtaÅ~_, is the first confirmed
death in protests that have engulfed the entire country, The Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
A statement released by TTB accused the government of conducting a
provocative agenda, citing several remarks of Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan which claimed he was "barely holding back the 50 percent"
of the country that voted for him from coming onto the street.
A car drove into the crowds, despite warnings, according to the
statement, and subsequently caused AyvalıtaÅ~_'s death.
The hacker group RedHack also released a statement, saying AyvalıtaÅ~_
was a member, while implying that the killing was the intentional
work of a fascist.
Republican People's Party (CHP) Sabahat Akkiraz extended her
condolences on the AyvalıtaÅ~_ while describing him as a "martyr."
The TTB called on government to pull back all police forces, and
release all those detained throughout the protests.
Over 1,480 people have so far been wounded in Istanbul, with five
people in intensive care and two more in critical condition, the TTB
said, adding that around 414 injuries have so far been recorded by
Ankara's Doctors' Union, with 420 more in Ä°zmir.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/03/stambul-death/
19:34 â~@¢ 03.06.13
A Socialist Solidarity Platform (SODAP) member has been hit and killed
after a car driver ignored warnings to stop for protesters organizing a
Gezi Park solidarity demonstration in Umraniye's 1 Mayıs neighborhood,
the Turkish Doctors' Union (TTB) said today.
The victim, 20-year-old Mehmet AyvalıtaÅ~_, is the first confirmed
death in protests that have engulfed the entire country, The Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
A statement released by TTB accused the government of conducting a
provocative agenda, citing several remarks of Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan which claimed he was "barely holding back the 50 percent"
of the country that voted for him from coming onto the street.
A car drove into the crowds, despite warnings, according to the
statement, and subsequently caused AyvalıtaÅ~_'s death.
The hacker group RedHack also released a statement, saying AyvalıtaÅ~_
was a member, while implying that the killing was the intentional
work of a fascist.
Republican People's Party (CHP) Sabahat Akkiraz extended her
condolences on the AyvalıtaÅ~_ while describing him as a "martyr."
The TTB called on government to pull back all police forces, and
release all those detained throughout the protests.
Over 1,480 people have so far been wounded in Istanbul, with five
people in intensive care and two more in critical condition, the TTB
said, adding that around 414 injuries have so far been recorded by
Ankara's Doctors' Union, with 420 more in Ä°zmir.
From: Baghdasarian