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22-YEAR-OLD PROTESTER DIES IN TURKEY PROTESTS
13:35 10.09.13
A 22-year-old protester in the southern province of Hatay has died in
continuing protests tied to the Gezi Park demonstrations, reportedly
after being struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police,
The Hurriyet Daily Newsreports.
Ahmet Atakan passed away at around 2 a.m. on Sept. 10 in Antakya's
flashpoint neighborhood of Armutlu after taking part in a march that
was called to show solidarity with students and locals in Ankara
resisting against the construction of a road through Middle Eastern
Technical University (ODTU), as well as to commemorate Abdullah Comert,
another Armutlu local that was killed by police in early June at the
beginning of the Gezi protests.
Atakan was allegedly hit by a gas canister in the head by the police.
State-run Anadolu Agency, however, claimed that it had footage showing
Atakan falling and rolling on the ground, as well as footage of stones
and a water tank being thrown on police vehicles from the roofs.
The Hatay Governor's Office released a statement about the death of
Atakan, stating that an ambulance had been sent to where the protester
was injured but that he was taken to hospital by other protesters.
"Upon an announcement made by the security forces, which were
patrolling on Gunduz Street, that one person had fallen on the street
from a building, an ambulance was sent [to the scene] by contacting the
112 Emergency Service, but the people on the scene wanted to take the
injured person to the hospital on their own. Our citizen named Ahmet
Atakan, who was brought in injured later to the Antakya State Hospital,
could not be saved despite all medical efforts," the statement said.
Atakan was briefly resuscitated at the hospital, but his heart stopped
beating once again 15 minutes later.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
13:35 10.09.13
A 22-year-old protester in the southern province of Hatay has died in
continuing protests tied to the Gezi Park demonstrations, reportedly
after being struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police,
The Hurriyet Daily Newsreports.
Ahmet Atakan passed away at around 2 a.m. on Sept. 10 in Antakya's
flashpoint neighborhood of Armutlu after taking part in a march that
was called to show solidarity with students and locals in Ankara
resisting against the construction of a road through Middle Eastern
Technical University (ODTU), as well as to commemorate Abdullah Comert,
another Armutlu local that was killed by police in early June at the
beginning of the Gezi protests.
Atakan was allegedly hit by a gas canister in the head by the police.
State-run Anadolu Agency, however, claimed that it had footage showing
Atakan falling and rolling on the ground, as well as footage of stones
and a water tank being thrown on police vehicles from the roofs.
The Hatay Governor's Office released a statement about the death of
Atakan, stating that an ambulance had been sent to where the protester
was injured but that he was taken to hospital by other protesters.
"Upon an announcement made by the security forces, which were
patrolling on Gunduz Street, that one person had fallen on the street
from a building, an ambulance was sent [to the scene] by contacting the
112 Emergency Service, but the people on the scene wanted to take the
injured person to the hospital on their own. Our citizen named Ahmet
Atakan, who was brought in injured later to the Antakya State Hospital,
could not be saved despite all medical efforts," the statement said.
Atakan was briefly resuscitated at the hospital, but his heart stopped
beating once again 15 minutes later.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian