According to reports, two young men were subjected to police violence in the Kanary neighbourhood of Küçükçekmece district in Istanbul on Sunday evening.

Video footage from the ground shows a young man shot in the leg, while a police officer threatens a young man by pointing a gun at his head. A fireshot is heard afterwards.

Another young man was injured by a police officer hitting him in the head with a gun butt in the Turgut Reis neighbourhood of Esenler district. According to eyewitnesses, the young man was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. One of the residents of the neighbourhood revealed that the young man reacted to the police in Kurdish.

Turkish police killed three young people in the last month in Istanbul. 25-year-old Hacı Gelenler was killed in Fatih district on December 6. On the other hand, 18-year-old Zuhal Ebrar Yıldız was shot in the head by the police in Beyoğlu district while walking on a street. On November 29, the police killed 19-year-old Göktüğ Efe Yılmaz in Taksim district.