Explosion in İstanbul
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- 16:14 14/6/2020
A person was injured in an explosion in a restaurant in Zeytinburnu.
A person was injured in an explosion in a restaurant in Zeytinburnu.
The street of the party building of HDP has been blockaded by the police before the “democracy march” which is announced to start tomorrow from both Edirne and Hakkari, targeting to reach the Turkish capital after a week.
Osman İnan, a worker in the recycling industry told that a group of 50-60 people attacked him and his friend because they shared the photo of the imprisoned Kurdish politican Selahattin Demirtaş.
Ex-Co-Chair of HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş sent a message from prison for the march that his party will initiate tomorrow, as he wrote "Even if you don't support HDP, support my friends, who take the roads for the sake of peace and fellowship".
Taking back her job at District Health Directorate of Sarıyer as a result of her continuous struggle of 22-months, Türkan Albayrak said, "I am happy to see that you can resist and win against fascism on the street”.
One of the fingers Hasan Aşa, a prisoner in Diyarbakır Type D Closed Prison was amputated due to necrosis as he had lacked a medical treatment for 6 months even though his heath problem in his fingers were known.
Cem Cemal, 23, who came to Istanbul from Uzbekistan due to economic problems, has been living on the street for 2 months after losing his job due to coronavirus outbreak.
16 people were taken into custody in the police raids in Adana and Erzurum.
Van Governorate banned entry and exit to the city to prevent the democracy march prepared by HDP.
HDP's imprisoned former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş , stating that the HDP is not a part of any alliance, emphasized the call of his party about the 'alliance of democracy, not election'.
İHD lawyer Barış Işık stated that the increased police violence and the authorization of the guards stemmed from the “absolute obedience” demand of the government, said: "All sorts of struggle is being oppressed by force."
Edirne Governorate made a statement regarding the march that HDP will start on the 15th of June and announced that the entrance to the city was restricted between June 14-17.
In Adana, four HDP activists, including the co-chair of the Ceyhan district association, have been detained on terror charges. They are accused of having passed on aid packages in the Coronavirus crisis to “guerrilla fighters”.
Twitter announced it closed a network of 7,340 accounts being used to amplify political narratives favorable to the AK Party.