Nationality Turkish Name Berkin Elvan | Religion Alevi | |
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Born January 5, 1999 Turkey Died March 11, 2014(2014-03-11) (aged 15)
Okmeydani, Istanbul, Turkey Cause of death Hit on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police Resting place Ferikoy Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey Parent(s) Gulsum Elvan (mother)
Sami Elvan (father) | ||
Grup Yorum'dan Berkin Elvan şarkısı : Uyan Berkin
Berkin Elvan (January 5, 1999 – March 11, 2014) was a 15-year-old boy who was hit on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by a police officer in Istanbul while out to buy bread for his family during the June 2013 anti-government protests in Turkey. He died on March 11, 2014, following a 269-day coma. Lawyers representing the family said Elvan’s condition worsened over the last week of his life, with his weight dropping to 16 kg from 45 kg. Widespread demonstrations erupted following Berkin's death.
Contents
- Grup Yorumdan Berkin Elvan arks Uyan Berkin
- Icarus berkin elvan raputation tv runde ii
- Investigation
- Protests
- Reactions
- References
He was laid to rest at the Ferikoy Cemetery, Istanbul.
Icarus berkin elvan raputation tv runde ii
Investigation
On 12 March 2014, four police officers testified for the ongoing investigation concerning the case of Berkin Elvan’s injury during the Gezi protests. Overall, 18 police officers have testified as suspects under the investigation so far, including these four.
Protests
Following Elvan's death, once again protests have erupted throughout Turkey in Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Ankara, Ardahan, Bursa, Bolu, Corum Duzce, Edirne, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya, Hatay, Malatya, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Sirnak Kayseri Dersim, Tokat, Zonguldak and worldwide in cities such as Nuremberg, London, Paris, Vienna, Helsinki, Strasbourg, Stockholm, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bielefeld, Berlin, Brussels, Den Haag, Dresden, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Lausanne, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Seattle, Pennsylvania, Toronto. His funeral in Istanbul on March 12 was attended by thousands of people, many of whom had never heard of the boy prior to the incident.
Reactions
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that the boy was a "member of a terrorist organization" as he had his face covered by a scarf.
In March 2014 Maoist rebels attacked a police station in revenge for Elvan's killing.
On 31 March 2015 suspected members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz hostage on the sixth floor of the Istanbul Caglayan Justice Palace. They demanded that the police announce the names of four members of the security services who they said were connected to the death of Berkin Elvan. The police negotiated with the gunmen for six hours, but eventually stormed the courthouse "because of gunshots heard from inside the prosecutor's office". The two gunmen died during the operation, while the prosecutor was badly wounded and later died of his injuries.