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The third hearing in the case of Berkin Elvan, who lost his life after being shot on the head with a gas cartridge during the Gezi protests in 2013, was held today. The police officer who is the suspect of the trial was not brought to court, and his testimony could not be taken due to a failure of the Audio and Visual Information System.

Gülsüm Elvan, taken into custody during a protest in solidarity with the arrested academics Gülmen and Özakça on hunger strike, has filed a criminal complaint over the police breaking her arm while handcuffing her from the back.

Family of Berkin Elvan, who was shot dead with a gas cartridge during Gezi Protests have voiced their demand for arrest of all perpetrators in the first hearing. The suspect police hasn’t been arrested, second hearing is on July 6.

Family of Berkin Elvan, who was shot dead with a qas cartridge during the Gezi protests, has made a call for people to come to the first trial of two police officers who were tried without arrest on Thursday.

Today is the 18th birthday of Berkin Elvan, who was hit by a gas cartridge fired by a police and lost his life at the age of 15 during Gezi Resistance.

Reiterating demands for justice, Berkin Elvan has been commemorated in the Parliament and on the spot where he had been shot, in third year anniversary of his shooting with a gas capsule.

Justice demand has been reiterated in the commemoration of 2nd anniversary of Berkin Elvan’s killing upon his grave.

Mersin University Communication Faculty students have reiterated their demand for justice for Berkin Elvan in their demonstration.

Campaign has been launched for teacher Hatice Dağlı discharged from civil service for “committing infamous crime” because of her Facebook posts “Shame on those who label children murdered terrorist”.

Cemil Kurt, a protestor who joined Berkin Elvan commemorations on March 11, has reportedly been ran over by an armored police vehicle and suffered from spine, leg and arm injuries.

Police intervened a group in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı district who started a memorial march for Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old Gezi protestor who died last year after 269 days of comatose.

Soner Yalçın, a prominent journalist who wrote about Turkey through symbols of “Berkin” and “Bilal” on his latest book, stood trial for insulting Bilal Erdoğan - the president’s son.

An Istanbul court opened the case of a policeman who is accused of sharing insults towards Berkin Elvan via social media.

Republican People’s Party deputy Hüseyin Aygün and Elvan Family held a joint press conference at the parliament today, showing the footage of Berkin Elvan’s shooting that led to his death.

Berkin Elvan’s family launch a campaign to urge a prosecution on his killing - a process that failed to launch despite 533 days after his injury and 9 months after his death.

Two minors stood trial for the second hearing of a case for charges related to opening a banner on January 24 that said “We want the school record card of Berkin Elvan”.

The court opened 14 cases against Cumhuriyet Newspaper administratives İbrahim Yıldız and Aykut Küçükkaya and sentenced them to pay 200,000 liras under the claim that they reveal identities of children in the news pieces. Most of the children faced the police violence.

28 defendants stood trial yesterday for charges related to shouting slogans “thief Erdoğan” and “murderer Erdoğan” during a rally triggered by Berkin Elvan’s death.

A commemoration was held in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı neighborhood for the first injury anniversary of Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy who was died after a comatose of 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister.

Uğur Kurt (30), a municipal worker who was coincidentally visiting a cemevi for funeral in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı, died of police fire during a nearby protest dedicated to Berkin Elvan. While clashes resumed all night, 9 were injured including 7 policemen.