Police released Gezi suspects report
Police released Gezi suspects report
Police released Gezi suspects report
Police authorities in Turkey have released an analysis on Gezi Resistance, writes Bianet. The report described in detail the Gezi detainees personal details including their monthly income, education status and religious affiliation.
According to Milliyet newspaper, the information leading to the drafting of report have been gathered out of over 5,000 individuals who have been detained during Gezi Resistance protests.
Some of the highlights from the report are as follows:
* While approximately 3,600,000 people attended the protests, 5,513 were detained by the police. Within various investigations, 189 were arrested. On the other hand, 4,329 were wounded and 5 demonstrators were killed. One police officer died and 697 were wounded.
* 50 percent of those facing investigation are women.
* The level of education of suspects was listed as follows: elementary/secondary school graduate (15 percent), high school graduate (24 percent), university student (36 percent) and university graduate (25 percent).
* The distribution of suspects according to age was listed as follows: 18-25 (56 percent), 26-30 (26 percent), 31-40 (17 percent), 40 and older (1 percent).
* The month income of protests was distributed as follows: 0- 499 TL (39 percent), 500-999 TL (15 percent), 1000-1999 TL (31 percent), and 2000 TL and above (20 percent).
* While 78 percent of all suspect were with Alevi religious background, other backgrounds of suspects included union/NGO, soccer fan groups, secularists and nationalists.
* While only 12 percent had a political party affiliation, 6 percent were linked with marginal leftist groups and 4 with terrorist groups and their legal extension
* According to police authorities, the Gezi Resistance protests costed 139 million lira (some 70 thousand euro) with 74 million (some 35 thousand euro) of workplace property damage. Other damage costs included police vehicles (some 7 thousand euro), pavements and municipal vehicles (5 thousand euro), public and AKP related buildings (one thousand euro), private vehicles (3 thousand euro), bus stops (2 thousand euro), billboards and traffic signs (2 thousand euro) and ambulances (2 thousand euro).