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First official death recorded in Gezi Park protests: Turkish Doctors Union
ISTANBUL
The victim, 20-year-old Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, is the first confirmed death in protests that have engulfed the entire country. DAILY NEWS photo / Emrah Güler
The victim, 20-year-old Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, is the first confirmed death in protests that have engulfed the entire country.
A statement released by TTB accused the government of conducting a provocative agenda, citing several remarks of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan which claimed he was "barely holding back the 50 percent" of the country that voted for him from coming onto the street.
A car drove into the crowds, despite warnings, according to the statement, and subsequently caused Ayvalıtaş's death.
The hacker group RedHack also released a statement, saying Ayvalıtaş was a member, while implying that the killing was the intentional work of a fascist.
Republican People's Party (CHP) Sabahat Akkiraz extended her condolences on the Ayvalıtaş while describing him as a "martyr."
The TTB called on government to pull back all police forces, and release all those detained throughout the protests.
Over 1,480 people have so far been wounded in Istanbul, with five people in intensive care and two more in critical condition, the TTB said, adding that around 414 injuries have so far been recorded by Ankara's Doctors' Union, with 420 more in İzmir.
June/03/2013
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Greek leftists march in support of Turkish protesters
ATHENS - Agence France-Presse
Supporters of the Greek Communist party shout slogans during a rally in solidarity with the Turkish protesters in Athens June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters on Monday of walking "arm-in-arm with terrorism", remarks that could further inflame public anger after three days of some of the most violent riots in decades. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis
"Authoritarianism is broken on the street, solidarity with the Turkish people," chanted the demonstrators from various leftist groups including the main opposition radical left Syriza party.
"From Taksim Square to Athens, we fight poverty and hunger," they sang, referring to Istanbul's main square where demonstrators rallied.
The Athens demonstration included a small group of Kurdish refugees who held a banner in Greek and Turkish: "Overturn the regime".
A similar protest had been held in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday.
The protests in Turkey started out as a local environment campaign and quickly turned into one of the biggest demonstrations against Erdogan's government since it came to power over a decade ago.
Syriza, Greece's second largest party, has condemned the Turkish police's heavy-handed response to the protests and called on European Union authorities to put pressure on Ankara.
"All over Turkey there are protests over press freedom, union rights, the rights of Kurds, women and the right to protest. It is imperative that Erdogan listens," Syriza said.
June/03/2013
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