To mark the upcoming sixth anniversary of the Suruç attack, activists have distributed leaflets calling for justice in Ankara. The police opened fire with shots in the air and arrested five activists.
Activists of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) and other young activists gathered in Ankara on Sunday to demand justice for the victims of the ISIS massacre in Suruç in 2015. The police attacked the peaceful and spontaneous demonstration and opened fire in the air. Five of the activists were taken into custody.
20 July marks the sixth anniversary of the Suruç attack in which 33 activists were killed and over a hundred were injured, some seriously, when ISIS stroke. The activists had come to the border town with Rojava to support the population of the western Kurdish city of Kobanê, which was being attacked by ISIS.
300 young people had gathered in front of the Amara cultural center to hold a press conference before leaving for Kobanê. With that trip to Northern Syria, they wanted to show their solidarity and bring children's toys and humanitarian aid to the city that was being destroyed by ISIS. There are clear indications that the ISIS attackers received support from the Turkish secret service. The massacre has not yet been fully investigated. Therefore, activists continue to call for “Justice for Suruç”.
