berkin elvan

Clouds of gas blanket the streets of Ankara and Istanbul, and the people’s eyes fill with tears. They cry for 15-year-old Berkin Elvan who is dead from a head injury caused by a gas canister fired by riot police last June.

Thousands are bidding farewell to Berkin Elvan, a 15 year-old child who has been in comatose for 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister and died as of early yesterday morning.

While the police used tear gas to break up protestors, at least man was reported injured in the head by a canister and a woman suffered from crush foot by a TOMA vehicle.

The news of Berkin Elvan’s death triggered a series of protests across the country, including high school students boycotting classes in Izmir province, demonstrators initiating sit-ins with bread in their hands and local business owners putting up signs on their shop windows.

Berkin Elvan, a 15 year-old child who has been in comatose for 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister, died as of this early morning.

3 detainees have been arrested for demonstrating to support Berkin Elvan, a 14 year old boy who has been been in coma for 156 days due to a police gas bomb canister. Several injuries were reported during police intervention.