Tayyip Erdogan says teen who died was a terroist

Berkin Elvan was born January 5, 1999 and died March 11, 2014. He was only a young teenager killed by Turkish polis in Instanbul. He was hit in the head with a tear-gas canister while out buying bread for his family. He died after 269 in a coma.

After his death the Turkish people prostested everywhere chanting "everywhere is Berkin, everywhere is resistance." There has been a huge outpouring of grief and anger since the death of Berkin.

The police deployed nearby the day of Berkin's funeral used tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons to disperse the mourning crowd and protesters. Peaceful protesters where met again with violence even on such a sad day.

This is my opinion, Erdogan has once again lost his mind. Not only did he praise the police for their display of utter disrespect for the human race, but he accused Berkin of being a terrorist. First of all, Berkin was not a terrorist. He was an innocent person out buying bread for his family and was struck in the head by your fascist police. What's even more sick and twisted is to think that these people were already mourning peacefully and to be greeted on such a dreadful and painful day with violence from the party responsible for killing him IS OUTRAGEOUS.

Can you imagine someone you loved being killed by police at such a young age for no reason. And then attending that persons funeral only to be assaulted by the party responsible? What would you do? How would you feel? Another thing that struck me was the look on berkin's parents face when addressing the media. And when the crowd carried his coffin through the street the ANGUISH on his moms face was hard to swallow.

 Erdogan is in some serious trouble after a leaked call exposed him possibly telling his son to dispose hidden funds in the middle of a corruption investigation. Erdogan seems to have this habit of blaming other people for "trying to bring him down" when he gets in trouble for something.


Damla, 32, lawyer said "We are here because this little boy is apart of us, it could happen to any of us, our son, our brother." And this is the point I want to make. There are serious Human Rights violations being made here in Turkey as people are being injured, and killed in Turkey. On top of that the government is getting away with it and nothing is being done to stop them. I for one, stand with the protesters fighting to be heard and respected. It does not matter that I am not a native Turk, or that I do not speak the language. I think we should all fight against corruption and dishonesty. What happened if this was your child, your brother, you loved one? Would you want justice? Would you want to know people understood and support you?

Berkin's mom was going to get the bread that morning but he told her not to go. Because he said her feet hurt and he was faster at dodging the tear-gas. So he went. And never came back home.

JUSTICE FOR BERKIN ELVAN NOW!

Turkish STRONG

Not a Merry Christmas for some people who are still fighting for basic freedoms around the world. But this just in after I thought the Turkish protest have died down a little, another outburst.

Tonight on my news-feed I see that protesters in different cities in Turkey have gone to the streets again to protest the long overdue resignation of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan is the 25th Prime Minister of Turkey since around 2003. He also used to be the major of Istanbul. There has been a major shift in his powerful political rule over the last few years. People are calling for him to step down now. Recently Tayyip has replaced 10 political ministers after a very major corruption investigation. Politics and corruption? Peas in a pod indeed. 

Environment Minister Erdogan Bayraktar has stepped down after his own two sons were arrested for allegedly fraudulent money transfers and bribes for construction projects. Mind you this whole prostest started because Tayyip wanted to reconstruct a major tourist spot in Turkey. Bayraktar has complained that the Prime Minister Tayyip himself approved these construction brides and says that Tayyip should resign. It's quiet funny how everyone is telling on him now that they are out of jobs. A lot of prominent figures in this political pa

rty have been dismissed because of the money fraud including police in Turkey. 

The police violence in Turkey is becoming overwhelming for the protesters who are at the blunt end of the water cannons, tear gas, and anything else being hurled at them. People have been very critically injured, hurt and have even died as a result of the brutality of the police trying to disperse thousands of people.  People cannot even march or protest to express how they feel about the government without being threatened. Have we not seen this before? How many Human Right violations have been committed in Taksim and around Turkey so far? When will stubborn Erdogan listen to the people?

POLICE SHOOTING AT BART STATION - OSCAR GRANT

Sad video to show you. I know, I know, "Debbie downer." But its important to keep people alert on the atrocities of this country. This video is of a African American male named Oscar Grant being shot in the back by police. The video explains itself and can be a little hard to watch. But I demand justice for Oscar Grant. I dedicate this blog to his (Oscar's) daughter because she lost her daddy to poor judgment. There are several other video of this mans death that were captured on film. But everytime I watch it...I feel so outraged. Ill never forget his face against the ground the second before and after he was killed. REST IN PEACE OSCAR GRANT.

WARNING: THIS VIDEO MAKES YOU WANT TO FIND THE COP WHO DID THIS AND SPIT IN HIS FACE.

QUESTION: WHY DID THE POLICE CONFISCATE THE WITNESSES VIDEOS? WHY WERE PEOPLE WHO SAW ALL OF THIS TRANSPIRE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR CELLULAR PHONES AND CAMERAS? WHAT WERE THE COPS TRYING TO HIDE?