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[Tim Drayton]

Protests at Berkin Elvan’s death are planned this evening in the following places in Turkey:

Ankara, İzmir, Edirne, Eskişehir, Konya, Manisa Salihli, Denizli, Muğla, Bodrum, Hatay Antakya,
İskenderun, Uşak, Çorum, Kırklareli, Bursa, Bursa Gemlik, Gaziantep, Aydın Nazilli,
Çanakkale, Kocaeli, Antalya, Alanya, Çorlu, Sakarya, Isparta, Kuşadası, Bolu, Kırşehir, Adana,
Kütahya, Tarsus, Balıkesir, Söke, Samsun, İskenderun, Aydın, Dersim, Çerkezköy, Gebze, Trabzon,
Manisa Akhisar and Manisa

http://birgun.net/haber/berkin-icin-il- ... 12105.html

[Tim Drayton]

It is alleged that, after demonstrators congregating this morning outside the hospital where Berkin Elvan died threw stones at a passing police car, a policeman in the car first fired some shots into the air and then fired into the crowd. Nobody appears to have been hurt.



http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/polis ... tu-1180763

[Tim Drayton]

There were over 200 arrests as protests over the death of Berkin Elvan continued into the night throughout Turkey. In Adana, a protestor was left blinded in one eye after being hit by a plastic bullet. In the Istanbul district of Kadiköy, a recording was made of an instruction given to the police to “aim for the eyes”.



http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... _oldu.html

[Tim Drayton]

Berkin Elvan's funeral is today. Hundreds of thousands of people are reported to be congregating so as to accompany his coffin as it is taken to the cemetery.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... luyor.html

[Tim Drayton]

With tension remaining high following the death of Berkin Elvan, the police have closed Gezi Park to the public and there is reported to be a strong police presence in Taksim square.



http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... tildi.html

[Tim Drayton]

The police are starting to intervene against a demonstration in Ankara’s Kızılay Square over the death of Berkin Elvan.



http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... sladi.html

[Tim Drayton]

Police are reportedly intervening against a protest meeting in front of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality buildings over Berkin Elvan’s death.



http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... alesi.html

[Tim Drayton]

In the Pangaltı district of Istanbul, the police are intervening using tear gas and pressurised water against a group that had attended Berkin Elvan’s funeral.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... sladi.html

[Tim Drayton]

The crowd which assembled this morning to accompany Berkin Elvan’s coffin to the cemetery.

[Tim Drayton]

Crowds of protestors are apparently trying to force their way into Taksim. The police are currently battling against the protestors in the Kurtuluş district of Istanbul, which is closer to Taksim than Pangaltı.