United June Movement (BHH) members were marching with slogans “You will answer for all of it!” throughout İstiklal Avenue. Police attacked them twice.
According to the news of Cumhuriyet Daily, police stopped BHH members and attacked them by saying a protest couldn’t be allowed.
Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) Co-Chair Alper Taş called for protesters to meet at 5 o’clock in front of Galatasaray High School in İstiklal Avenue after the police attack.
After the call, BHH members came to Galatasaray Square and police attacked again with tear gas and water cannon.
Alper Taş spoke to protesters who didn’t disperse in spite of police attack : “You can march in the name of caliphate but you cannot march in the name of democracy in İstanbul,“ referring march by Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-İslamic political organization, for ‘caliphate’ in ultraconservative Fatih district on Friday. (EKN/BD)
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