The sign of the "Berkin Elvan Playground", which was set up next to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) coordination tents for the earthquake victims in the central Yeşilyurt district of Malatya, has been seized by the police.

The police seized the wooden sign saying that the name Berkin Elvan was "political".

Berkin Elvan was 14 years old and only went to get bread when he was hit in the head by a tear gas grenade during the Gezi protests in Istanbul in June 2013. After 269 days in a coma, he succumbed to his injuries on 11 March 2014 at the age of 15.