The “Feminist Night Walk” to be organized at Istiklal Street for March 8, World Women’s Day, was banned. The police took Taksim Square and its surroundings under blockade before the march and intervened the women with tear gas and rubber bullets. The press statement could not be made due to the police attack.
President Erdoğan targeted the women, who protested the police attack with whistles, by saying, “They whistled against the prayer.” “We will fight those who are enemies of the prayer and the flag until the end,” Erdoğan said. Following the statement of Erdoğan, a group changing slogans, “Break the hands of those raised against prayer” gathered at Taksim Square and attempted to march towards the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) provincial building.
11.03.2019
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