Statement from Istanbul Governorship about unauthorized demonstration: 132 people were detained

In the statement made by the Governorship, it was stated that 14 lawyers, 8 of whom were women, were detained at the Istanbul Palace of Justice at 13:00, although the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office did not allow the press release, and tried to enter the courthouse by force, damaging public property and resisting the officer on duty.

In the statement, it was stated that 26 people, including 9 women and 2 children who were dragged into crime, who did not comply with the ban decision and demonstrated without permission in front of the DEM Party Sultanbeyli building at 16.00, and who physically resisted the officers on duty, causing 2 police officers to be injured, were detained, and the following was noted:

“A group of 150 people who wanted to stage a pirate demonstration came to Esenyurt Cumhuriyet Square at 18.00, the group in question was notified that the Esenyurt District Governorate had decided to ban it, necessary warnings were made for them to disperse, and 87 people (20 women, 67 women) who insisted not to disperse in the square and at different points were notified. male), at 19.15, 5 people who were performing a pirate demonstration on Sancaktepe District’s Neighborhood Democracy Street were caught.”

Meanwhile, in the previous statement made by the Governorship regarding the unauthorized demonstration at the Istanbul Palace of Justice, it was stated that 14 people were detained and legal proceedings were initiated against them on the charges of “opposing Law No. 2911, resisting the officer on duty, resisting not to carry out the duty and damaging public property”. It was announced that the person was released by the judicial authorities to send the files to be completed.