Our friend, our brother, Taksim resistor Ethem Sarısülük, will be bid farewell to eternity with a memorial taking place where he was shot, in Kızılay Square.

In the first week of the Taksim Gezi Park resistance, on June 1st,

Ethem Sarısülük was shot and wounded in the head by a police bullet while supporting the demonstrations in Ankara’s Kızılay Square. He struggled to stay alive for 14 days but succumbed at noon yesterday.

Ethem Sarısülük is our third friend who has become a victim to police brutality since May 27.

As Taksim Solidarity, we call on all Taksim resistors across Turkey to remember and to say farewell to Ethem.

Our friend Ethem’s funeral procession will begin where he was shot. We expect respect for our loss and pain

Taksim Solidarity