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Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Elvan’s condition is critical due to an infection, the family had said in their call for protest. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Hundreds turned out to show their support in a demonstration called by the young protester’s family, seeking justice and action against those officers who fired the gas canister. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Scuffles occurred when police officers tried to push protesters to the entrance of the pedestrian İstiklal Street. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Protesters refused to leave despite police's warnings. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
The parents of the injured teenager, Sami and Gülsüm Elvan, who had read a written statement, were trapped inside the crowd. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Some riot policemen sprayed tear to protesters. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Police have not allowed demonstrations in Taksim Square, despite having reopened Gezi Park in the second week of July. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AP photo
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
iot police stationed around the Taksim area started to use water cannons after the protesters refused to disperse. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Officers were chasing demonstrators who have escaped into the side streets, daily Hürriyet reported. A protester has been injured and taken to hospital after being hit by an 'unidentified object' on the head, the report also said. An officer was also reportedly firing rubber bullets from the top of an armored police vehicle. AFP photo, Ozan KÖSE
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
14-year-old Berkin Elvan was not a protester but a by-stander who was attacked after stepping out to buy bread during a police intervention in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı neighborhood on June 15. Mother Gülsüm (R) and father Sami (C) had called for a public statement at Taksim Square. Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu also attended the protest. AA photo, Bayram AKCAN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
Clashes between police and protesters continued for hours at the İstiklal Avenue. AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
AA photo, Şebnem COŞKUN
Police stage crackdown to disperse a demo for a gas canister-hit teenager
The mother who broke down and cried saying, “I only want my son back,” was laboriously calmed by protesters. AP photo
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