424th day on Yüksel Avenue: 4 detained

  • 14:37 6 January 2018
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ANKARA - Police attacked the “We want our jobs back” action ongoing for 424 days on Istanbul’s Yüksel Avenue and detained four people.
 
As the hunger strike launched by dismissed educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça has entered in its 304th day, the “We want our jobs back” action initiated by Nuriye in front of Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Avenue has entered in its 424th day.
 
Protesters wanted to make a statement on Yüksel Avenue but the police didn’t allow them. The protesters unfurled a banner reading, “Nuriye and Semih should be reinstated”. Police attacked them and forcibly detained four of them.