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Berkin Elvan- the Child of Resistance is Immortal!!

atik-logo-arkasi-beyazATIK | 12-03-2014 | During the Gezi Park rebellion which started May 27th 2013, the 14 year old boy Berkin Elvan went to buy bread in the district Okmeydan in Istanbul and he was gunned down by the police- exactly those police who were announced „heroes“ by prime minister Erdogan- with a teargas canister and injured on the head. Since exact 269 days Berkin was in a comma and no therapy helped. Now he has also joined the Gezi Rebellion caravan of martyr’s. We want to extend our deepest condolences and pain to his family and our people.

The AKP government of the Turkish fascist state had used brutal violence against protesters at the Gezi Park, the police used chemical weapons, thousands were injured and many people still suffer today from the results of the chemical weapons. After and even during the rebellion thousands of people were arrested and hundreds have been imprisoned. The AKP government is responsible for the murder of Mehmet, Abdocan, Ethem, Ali Ismail, Medeni, Ahmet and now also Berkin. A government that suppresses the right of self-determination of the Kurdish people and that continues the oppression under the name of “Peace”, a government that wants to assimilate the Alevits and that considers them as “potential danger”, a government that uses systematic oppression policies against national minorities, a government that has misappropriated billions of US Dollars.

The resistance that started on May 27th 2013 at the Gezi Park in Taksim and that has spread into the streets, cities and provinces all over the country is not just a resistance against the destruction of the environment. This rebellion and this resistance is a sign that people fight against the violation of the fundamental rights and liberties, and they struggle against the repression of the government and the state terror practiced by the police. We call upon all Migrants and toilers in Europe to take to the streets for Berkin Elvan and to protest against corruption and plunder.

Berkin Elvan Continues to Live in Our Struggle!  

ING Berkin Elvan