Facebook continues to protect a Facebook Page that supports police brutality in Turkey

The page has been created to support Ahmet Şahbaz, a policeman who has killed Ethem Sarısülük during Occupy Gezi. A video quiet explicitly shows how Mr. Şahbaz aimed and shot Ethem Sarısülük. Many complained about the page but that’s the answer Facebook gives. The page not only supports Ahmet Şahbaz but gives support to other … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Court arrests police officer, #AhmetSahbaz, who killed #OccupyGezi protester Sarısülük

Court arrests police officer who killed Gezi protester Sarısülük, upon prosecutor’s request The prosecutor demanded that Şahbaz be charged with first degree murder and jailed for 25 years, in a critical turning point in the trial.   Ali İsmail Korkmaz Foundation Established The family members of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a Gezi Resistance protestors killed in Eskişehir, … Read more

Despite evidence, alleged murderer of #EthemSarısülük, Ahmet Şahbaz, a policeman, not arrested again. #EthemİcinAyağaKalk

The moment Ethem was shot in Ankara during Gezi Park protests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daS16bs6jY Ethem’s friends protest in the courtroom when they hear judge’s decision not to arrest Ahmet Şahbaz: More photos here. Katil Ahmet Şahbaz hakimin odasına kaçtı. Jandarma odanın önüne barikat kurdu pic.twitter.com/7ZEGZqGk62 — Öğrenci Kolektifleri (@kolektifler) May 26, 2014 https://twitter.com/yfenstitusu/status/470877093501620224 https://twitter.com/oemoral/status/470828874000248832 Salon inliyor. Mahkeme … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Murder suspect was absent in the ETHEM SARISÜLÜK Case…

ETHEM SARISÜLÜK CASE: Police Şahbaz Ordered to Stand Trial Bianet :: English Ankara 6th High Criminal Court ordered top suspect police officer Şahbaz to attend the next hearing on the case of Ethem Sarısülük, a Gezi Resistance protestor who was shot dead by police fire. Murder suspect absent again in Gezi Park protester murder case … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: PM Erdoğan accuses Taraf reporter of ?treason? over leak story….

Turkish PM Erdoğan accuses Taraf reporter of ?treason? over leak story   ‘Revealing state privacy is not called freedom, it is sheer treason,’ PM Erdoğan said, slamming Mehmet Baransu for publishing a document from a National Security Council meeting ************** Hate crime narrowly defined in Turkey’s democratization package Turkey?s much-waited ?democratization package? contains a ?narrow? … Read more

Turkey’s “sleeping” justice… More scandals in Ethem Sarısülük trial… #2AraliktaEthemOlmaya

The prosecutor was having a nap in today’s morning case… Ethem’s murderer, Ahmet Şahbaz was in the courtroom. He was connected with a video conference tool that broke frequently. Despite obvious act of killing, the system favors the murderer, as he is a policeman… In the mean time, the murderer’s lawyers attempt to be a … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Police attacked demonstrators for the hearing of Ethem Sarısülük #EthemSeniCağırıyor

  Tear Gas in the Courthouse Police intervened demonstrators who gathered outside Ankara courthouse to follow the hearing of Ethem Sarısülük, a Gezi Resistance protestor allegedly killed by police violence. The suspect police officer didn?t attend the hearing. Court decision triggers tensions at trial of slain Gezi protester?s murder in Ankara Police intervened at the … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Three reports rule out self-defense in Gezi protester Sarısülük killing

Three reports rule out self-defense in Gezi protester Sarısülük killing: Lawyer Three separate reports all indicate that police officer A.Ş. did not use self-defense when he shot dead Ethem Sarısülük *************** Go and live in the forest, Turkish PM tells environment activists PM Erdoğan slammed environment activists opposing the construction of a road passing through … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Ethem Sarısülük Case Suspended but Turkish PM wins two cases against journalists…

  Ethem Sarısülük Case Suspended Ankara 6th High Criminal Court suspended the trial of policeman Ahmet Şahbaz in the Ethem Sarısülük case, saying that necessary permission have not been taken on the prosecution of a policeman. ?Police is being protected by the arm of justice. Justice process is blocked,? said advocate Bayraktar. Questions arise in … Read more

Ali İsmail Korkmaz, another martyr of Gezi Resistance. God Bless Him.

Ali İsmail Korkmaz was attacked by thugs in Eskişehir on 2 June. Since then he was in coma. We hear today the sad news… Like in the case of the man with the machete in Istanbul, security forces do not prevent these thugs and in fact allow them to attack protesters… Here is yet the … Read more

Ethem Sarısülük murdered again. The police who killed him released today… #OccupyTurkey

The judge decided that it was a self-defense. After PM Erdoğan‘s encouragement of police violence, we are not subject to arbitrary killings more than ever… Here is how Ethem was killed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daS16bs6jY   Related articles Police shooting Ethem Sarisuluk in the head. Mother of Turkish protester killed in Ankara: ‘Erdogan must resign’ Family of protester … Read more

Ayşe Özer: HÜCRE HÜCRE DİRİLMEK: ETHEM

HÜCRE HÜCRE DİRİLMEK: ETHEM Fakülte birinci sınıfta gri şehrin kurdu olmaya yeni yeni başladığımız dönemlerde hocamız derste şöyle bir soru sormuştu: ?Ulus?tan Sıhhiye?ye doğru gelirken yolun solunda ne vardır?? Eczacılık Fakültesi hocasının ancak bunu sormuş olabileceği düşünülerek sınıfın tamamı ?Sağlık Bakanlığı? diye yanıt vermişti. Oysa hoca, yol üzerinde bulunan ve tıbbi bir bitki olduğundan görmüş … Read more