RMDWN01T–Ankara, Turkey. 11th Mar, 2014. Turkish students attend a protest in Ankara, capital of Turkey, March 11, 2014. Mass protests rallied on Tuesday in several cities in Turkey following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 269 days due to a head injury by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests in last June. Credit: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRY33–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2D042XD–Mourners carry the coffin of Berkin Elvan during funeral ceremony in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRGFT–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RMDWWXR2–Nuremberg, Germany. 13th Mar, 2014. 'Schweige wenn das Kind schläft aber nicht wenn es getoetet wird' (lit. be quiet when a child is sleeping, not when he is being killed) is written on a poster during a protest in memory of the Berkin Elvan outside of the German-Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg, Germany, 13 March 2014. The 15 year old was hit in the head by a police tear-gas canister during a demonstration against the Islamic conservative government in Istanbul. He died after spending 269 days in a coma. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMKMD4GX–Athens, Greece. 6th Dec, 2017. A banner depicts Alexis Grigoropoulos(R) and Berkin Elvan, the turkish boy killed by a police officer in Istanbul. Leftists and anarchists demonstrated to commemorate Alexis Grigoropoulos, the 15 year old student who was gunned down by a police officer in Exarchia, central Athens on December 6th, 2008. Credit: Nikolas Georgiou/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
RMEJY1PD–Athens, Greece. 2nd April 2015. A protester holds a picture from the funeral of 15 year old Berkin Elvan, and another picture shows one of the hostage takers, Şafak Yayla with his hostage. A handful of protesters showed their solidarity with the two killed activists who had taken a prosecutor hostage in a Istanbul court house. They were calling for the truth in the killing of 15 year old Berkin Elvan who died during the Gezi protests after being hit by a tear gas canister from the police. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News
RMDWN01K–Ankara, Turkey. 11th Mar, 2014. Turkish policemen stand guard as students protest in Ankara, capital of Turkey, March 11, 2014. Mass protests rallied on Tuesday in several cities in Turkey following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 269 days due to a head injury by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests in last June. Credit: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRXFJ–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CX8XC4–Women shout anti-government slogans as they wait for the funeral ceremony of Berkin Elvan in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRGG1–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RMDWWXR1–Nuremberg, Germany. 13th Mar, 2014. 'Schweige wenn das Kind schläft aber nicht wenn es getoetet wird' (lit. be quiet when a child is sleeping, not when he is being killed) is written on a poster during a protest in memory of the Berkin Elvan outside of the German-Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg, Germany, 13 March 2014. The 15 year old was hit in the head by a police tear-gas canister during a demonstration against the Islamic conservative government in Istanbul. He died after spending 269 days in a coma. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMEJY1R1–Athens, Greece. 2nd April 2015. A protester puts a picture from the funeral of 15 year old Berkin Elvan, who died after behind hid by a tear gas canister from the police, on to a lamp post. A handful of protesters showed their solidarity with the two killed activists who had taken a prosecutor hostage in a Istanbul court house. They were calling for the truth in the killing of 15 year old Berkin Elvan who died during the Gezi protests after being hit by a tear gas canister from the police. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News
RMDWN01W–Ankara, Turkey. 11th Mar, 2014. Turkish people run away from tear gas during a protest in Ankara, capital of Turkey, March 11, 2014. Mass protests rallied on Tuesday in several cities in Turkey following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 269 days due to a head injury by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests in last June. Credit: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRXDG–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CXPBBA–Mourners carry the coffin of Berkin Elvan during funeral ceremony in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RMDWRGG0–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RMEJXYGW–Athens, Greece. 2nd April 2015. A red flag flies outside the Propylaea of the University of Athens. A handful of protesters showed their solidarity with the two killed activists who had taken a prosecutor hostage in a Istanbul court house. They were calling for the truth in the killing of 15 year old Berkin Elvan who died during the Gezi protests after being hit by a tear gas canister from the police. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News
RMDWN01J–Ankara, Turkey. 11th Mar, 2014. Turkish students run away from tear gas during a protest in Ankara, capital of Turkey, March 11, 2014. Mass protests rallied on Tuesday in several cities in Turkey following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 269 days due to a head injury by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests in last June. Credit: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRY34–Okmeydani, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2E62KFY–Women shout anti-government slogans as they wait for the funeral ceremony of Berkin Elvan in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRGFR–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2CXN8MD–Policemen shield themselves next to a police vehicle vandalised by demonstrators with the words, 'Murderer' and 'Berkin Elvan is immortal', during an anti-government protest in central Istanbul March 11, 2014. Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday after the death of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Police unleashed water cannon and tear gas on thousands of demonstrators, another pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as he battles a corruption scandal that has
RM2D0B2Y2–Mourners carry the coffin of Berkin Elvan during funeral ceremony in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMEJY1PE–Athens, Greece. 2nd April 2015. A woman holds a picture of one of the hostage takers, Bahtiyar Doğruyol, with a pistol in his hand. A handful of protesters showed their solidarity with the two killed activists who had taken a prosecutor hostage in a Istanbul court house. They were calling for the truth in the killing of 15 year old Berkin Elvan who died during the Gezi protests after being hit by a tear gas canister from the police. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News
RMDWN01R–Ankara, Turkey. 11th Mar, 2014. Turkish students run away from tear gas during a protest in Ankara, capital of Turkey, March 11, 2014. Mass protests rallied on Tuesday in several cities in Turkey following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 269 days due to a head injury by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests in last June. Credit: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRY2X–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23W–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. Riot police disperse protesters with tear gas in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGFM–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2E5YXC9–Mourners carry posters of Berkin Elvan as they wait for his funeral ceremony in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMEJXYGT–Athens, Greece. 2nd April 2015. A graffiti reading 'Long live DHKP-C' shows solidarity with the group responsible for the hostage taking in the Istanbul court house. A handful of protesters showed their solidarity with the two killed activists who had taken a prosecutor hostage in a Istanbul court house. They were calling for the truth in the killing of 15 year old Berkin Elvan who died during the Gezi protests after being hit by a tear gas canister from the police. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News
RMDWRXF1–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23M–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. People attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGFF–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2E69XC7–Mourners gather for the funeral ceremony of Berkin Elvan in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRXF6–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23K–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. Riot police dispersed protesters with water cannons in Izmir, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGG2–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2CYDN83–Mourners carry posters of Berkin Elvan as they wait for his funeral ceremony in Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RM2CYTT77–Masked protesters hold Molotov cocktails as they clash with riot police following a protest march to commemorate teenager Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the second anniversary of the date Elvan got injured, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013, dying on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
RMDWRY2Y–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23H–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. Riot police disperse protesters with water cannons in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGFY–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2D009ER–Masked protesters hold Molotov cocktails as they clash with riot police following a protest march to commemorate teenager Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the second anniversary of the date Elvan got injured, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013, dying on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
RMDWRXF2–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23T–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. Riot police disperse protesters with water cannons in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGFW–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2CWJPG8–Protesters run from water cannon and tear gas used by riot police to disperse them during a protest march to commemorate teenager Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the second anniversary of the date Elvan got injured, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013, dying on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
RM2CYEPB1–Protesters run from water cannons used by riot police to disperse them during a protest march to commemorate the death of Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul March 11, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the anniversary of the death of Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in 2012, dying on March 11, 2013 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
RMDWRY32–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23J–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. Riot police disperse protesters with tear gas in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGG8–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2CX07W8–Protesters run from water cannons used by riot police to disperse them during a protest march to commemorate the death of Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul March 11, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the anniversary of the death of Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in 2012, dying on March 11, 2013 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
RMDWRXE4–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23G–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. People attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGG5–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2CYWXBP–Protesters run from water cannons used by riot police to disperse them during a protest march to commemorate the death of Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul March 11, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the anniversary of the death of Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in 2012, dying on March 11, 2013 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
RMDWRXF7–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RMDWT23P–Istanbul, Turkey. 12th Mar, 2014. People demostrate in a street of Ankara, Turkey, March 12, 2014. Tension was getting high in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Wednesday as 50,000 people were flocking to a funeral of a 15-year-old student who died Tuesday after 269 days in coma. The death of Berkin Elvan has triggered a nationwide anti-government protests in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Elvan was sent into a coma after sustaining a head injury from a gas canister as he went to buy bread during a police crackdown in Istanbul last June. Credit: Cihan/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMDWRGFX–Thessaloniki, Greece . 12th Mar, 2014. Protest rally in solidarity of death of 15-year-old Turkish Berkin Elvan after a nine months long coma after being hit by police teargas canister during anti-government protests as going out to buy bread in Istanbul. Thessaloniki, Greece on March 12, 2014. Credit: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Alamy Live News
RM2E613EP–Protesters run from water cannons used by riot police to disperse them during a protest march to commemorate the death of Berkin Elvan, in Istanbul March 11, 2015. Riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters in Istanbul as they marched to mark the anniversary of the death of Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in 2012, dying on March 11, 2013 after spending months in a coma. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
RM2CXW63E–Berkin Elvan's sister Ozge (R window panel) reacts as his coffin arrives at the Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Police and protesters clashed in Turkey's two biggest cities on Tuesday following the death of the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister and went into a coma. Alevis are a religious minority
RMDWRXFT–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2D0TM76–Berkin Elvan's mother Gulsum (R window panel) and sister Ozge (C window panel) react as his coffin arrives at the Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Police and protesters clashed in Turkey's two biggest cities on Tuesday following the death of the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister and went into a coma
RMDWRMYG–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2E5WKBM–Berkin Elvan's sister Ozge (C) reacts as his coffin approaches the Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Police and protesters clashed in Turkey's two biggest cities on Tuesday following the death of the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister and went into a coma. Alevis are a religious minority in mainly Sun
RMDWRN9X–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2E65NJK–Berkin Elvan's mother Gulsum (R) and sister Ozge (L) react as his coffin approaches the Okmeydani cemevi, an Alevi place of worship, in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Police and protesters clashed in Turkey's two biggest cities on Tuesday following the death of the 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister and went into a coma. Alevis are a religious m
RMDWRN0Y–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CXFFAW–A woman mourns next to posters with Berkin Elvan's illustrations and slogans reading 'Berkin is immortal' near Okmeydani Cemevi in Istanbul March 11, 2014. A 15-year-old Turkish boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul last June died on Tuesday after spending months in a coma, triggering renewed clashes between police and his family's supporters. Berkin Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head with a suspected police tear-gas canister and
RMDWRNJJ–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CYWRF6–A masked man stands next to a posters with Berkin Elvan's illustration and a slogan reading 'Berkin Elvan is immortal' near Okmeydani Cemevi in Istanbul March 11, 2014. A 15-year-old Turkish boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul last June died on Tuesday after spending months in a coma, triggering renewed clashes between police and his family's supporters. Berkin Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head with a suspected police tear-gas
RMDWRNN1–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CYBNFF–Mourning women, including Berkin Elvan's mother Gulsum Elvan (C-R), look out from Okmeydani cemevi in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old Turkish boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul last June died on Tuesday after spending months in a coma, triggering renewed clashes between police and his family's supporters. Berkin Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head with a suspected police tear-gas canister and went into a co
RMDWRNF3–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2E5Y9EM–Mourning women including Berkin Elvan's mother Gulsum Elvan (3rd L) look out from Okmeydani cemevi in Istanbul March 11, 2014. Elvan, a 15-year-old Turkish boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul last June, died on Tuesday after spending months in a coma, triggering renewed clashes between police and his family's supporters. Berkin Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head with a suspected police tear-gas canister and went into a coma. RE
RM2G420NC–Gulsum Elvan, mother of Berkin Elvan, 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013 and died on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma, leaves the Caglayan Courthouse after the final trial for her son in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
RMDWRN0F–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2G420PY–People hold banners as they attend the final trial for Berkin Elvan, 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013 and died on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma, in front of Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
RMDWRMXW–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2G420ND–Gulsum Elvan and Sami Elvan, parents of Berkin Elvan, 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013 and died on March 11, 2014 after spending months in a coma, talk to press as they leave the Caglayan Courthouse after the final trial for their son in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
RM2E6ABKY–Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRNG0–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CYB8E6–Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRMYM–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CXYXTY–Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRNCK–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2D0F05J–Anti-government protesters run from riot police during a demonstration to mark the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRNN6–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2D0H0E4–Riot police fires a water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators gathered to mark the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRN0M–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CX0MCG–Anti-government protesters carry bread during a demonstration marking the funeral of Berkin Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16, 2013 while going to buy bread for his family. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RMDWRN9R–Kadikoy, Istanbul. 12 March 2014. Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy hit by a tear gas canister during Gezi Park protests, was celebrated with a burial ceremony where thousands of people from all walks of life attended. Photo by Bikem Ekberzade/Alamy Live News
RM2CYMY33–Anti-government protesters carry posters of Berkin Elvan's mother and bread during a demonstration marking the funeral of Elvan in Ankara March 12, 2014. Several thousand mourners gathered in central Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday for the funeral of Elvan, a 15-year-old boy wounded during anti-government demonstrations last summer whose death on Tuesday triggered protests across Turkey. Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16, 2013 while going to buy bread for his family. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNR
RM2CWF2P3–Riot police chase anti-government protesters near the Middle East Technical University (ODTU) in Ankara March 11, 2014. Police and protesters clashed in Turkey's two biggest cities on Tuesday following the death of a 15-year-old boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Berkin Elvan, then aged 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 after going out to buy bread for his family. He was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister and went into a coma. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)