People in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday in a mass demonstration-cum-funeral in honor of a slain teenager
Berkin Elvan, 15, died on Tuesday after spending 269 days in a coma, the result of injuries sustained when he was caught in the crossfire between protesters and police during anti-government protests last summer. He had been hit in the head with a tear gas canister.
His family announced his death on Twitter, and Turks immediately began calling for protests shortly thereafter. Speaking to BBC News Hour on Wednesday, Elvan’s father said of his son’s death, “My son was a child who went out to buy bread and was killed by the state.” Read more…
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