Berkin Elvan

Mehmet Selim Kiraz, a public prosecutor leading the probe into the death of Gezi victim Berkin Elvan, has been taken hostage by members of the The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP/C) in an Istanbul courthouse.

Shocking images have been circulating on the Internet over the last hour, showing a man holding a gun to the head of Kiraz.

The Istanbul Police Department has finally sent the identities of the policemen suspected of shooting dead Gezi protest victim Berkin Elvan, a full year after the 15-year-old passed away following 269 days in a coma.

Elvan was shot with a tear gas canister during a police crackdown on protesters on June 16, 2013, and succumbed to his injuries on March 11, 2014.

Police officers in Turkey have been photographed shooting tear gas in an "unlawful" fashion during March 11 commemorations of the anniversary of the death of Berkin Elvan, who was killed by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests.

Turkish police have detained several people who gathered to commemorate Gezi protest victim Berkin Elvan in Istanbul and Ankara on March 11, the first anniversary of his death.

The family of Gezi victim Berkin Elvan, who died after spending 269 days in a coma after being hit by a tear gas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests, has demanded 1 million Turkish Liras in compensation from the Interior Ministry on the grounds that it was at fault for the killing of the 15-year-old.

Thousands of people in Istanbul have marched to mark the first anniversary of the death of the youngest victim of the Gezi Park protests.

Berkin Elvan was 14 when he was hit by a police teargas canister in Istanbul on June 16, 2013, as anti-government demonstrations swept Turkey. 

The AKP remains intent on passing a bill to give police near-unrestricted powers, prompting opposition parties to circle the wagons The leaders of all three opposition parties represented in parliament, as well as grassroots groups, have upped the ante to prevent the adoption of a controversial homeland security bill, as the General Assembly finally began debating the motion yesterday af

A high school student in Turkey was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Feb. 15 for insulting then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

An image of a gay couple locked in a tender embrace won the prestigious World Press Photo award on Feb. 12, highlighting the plight of sexual minorities in Russia.
      
But organisers said at least a quarter of all pictures reaching the penultimate round of the 58th edition of the contest were rejected because they were digitally enhanced, the organisers said.
      

Representatives of the main opposition Republican People?s Party?s (CHP) Youth Branch visited Greek?s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens and handed him a letter written by the family of a Gezi victim.