Call to Press Conference:

REPRESENTATIVES OF TAKSİM SOLIDARITY CONSTITUENTSWHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED MUST BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY

The lie that Gezi Park was opened to the public didn’t last long this time. A short while ago, constituents of Taksim Solidarity who were trying to get to Gezi Park were stopped on İstiklal Street, the police has once again attacked the people with tear-gas and water cannons and 35 people who are representatives and leaders of  workers groups, democratic mass organizations who are constituent parts of the Solidarity were detained.

As of this moment, the Secretary of the Chamber of Architects Mücella Yapıcı, architect Cansu Yapıcı, 2nd Chair of the Chamber of Architects Sabri Orcan, İstanbul Medical Chamber General Secretary Ali Çerkezoğlu, TMMOB İKK representative Süleyman Solmaz, Chamber of Urban Planners Secretary Akif Burak Atlar, urban planner Sezi Zaman, HDK Cetral executive member Ender İmrek, Hakan Dilmeç, TKP MK member Erkan Baş, EMO İstanbul branch president Beyza Metinler, İclal Bozkaya, Aral Demircan, EHP administrator Emre Öztürk, Kamil Tekerek, Ongun Yücel, İsmail Sürücüoğlu, Halit Güven, Haluk Ağabeyoğlu, Elçin Fırat, Ali Akgün Ekici, Murat Sezin, İsmail Bozkaya, Ayşe Adanalı, EMEP administrator Ercüment Akdeniz, FKF spokesperson Erçin Fırat, Sevil Kahraman, Ahmet Aktaş are under arrest.

There will be a press conference at 22.00 at the TMMOB Chamber of Mechanical Engineers conference hall.

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