Turkish police attack Gemlik march: Activists injured
DİYARBAKIR (DİHA) - Turkşsh police attacked the march from Diyarbakır to Gemlik, organized with the motto of “As hundreds of thousands people, we march for the freedom of Leader Apo,” with tear gas canisters, plastic bullets and pressurized water. A 60 years old participant of Gemlik march was shot in the chest with plastic bullets.
Thousands of people gathered in front of DBP Diyarbakır City Building to join the TUHAD-FED led march organized with the motto of “As hundreds of thousands people, we march for the freedom of Leader Apo.” Police intercepted the march with panzers and scorpion armored vehicles with the claim that the march was banned, and attacked the crowd after HDP’s attempts to talk to the police and continue the march failed.
'March aimes to bring peace to Kurdish and Turkish peoples'
TUHAD-FED Co-President Bahar Oktay spoke in front of DBP Diyarbakır City Building, and recalled the state’s brutal treatment of the peoples of Kurdistan and Turkey. Oktay emphasized the importance of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s will for peace despite his 17 year long isolation in prison, and said that Gemlik march aimed to break this isolation and bring peace to Kurdish, Turkish and all Middle Eastern people.
MP Demirel: Prevention of march serves war
HDP Diyarbakır Parliamentarian Çağlar Demirel objected to police barricades, said that the police’s prevention of the march served war, and emphasized that they would struggle for Öcalan’s freedom.
As the march ended, police attacked the crowd with tear gas canisters, plastic bullets and pressurized water. 60 years old Mehmet Sait Çintos was hit on hist chest with 4 plastic bullets, and immediately taken to a hospital with an ambulance.
Police surrounded DBP Diyarbakır City Building with panzers and armored vehicles after its attack.
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