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La muerte de un adolescente en Turquía ha vuelto a provocar enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y la Policía. Berkin Elvan, de 15 años, se ha convertido en uno de los símbolos de las protestas antigubernamentales.
En Estambul las autoridades dispersaron con gases lacrimógenos a un grupo de amigos y familiares de Berkin Elvan, que se habían congregado ante el hospital donde falleció el joven.
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Riot policemen fire tear gas to disperse thousands of people demonstrating following the death of Berkin Elvan, a teenage boy wounded in mass anti-government demonstrations last year, on March 11, 2014 near the Middle East Technical University (ODTU) in Ankara. Elvan's story -- he spent 269 days in a coma -- gripped the nation and became a symbol of the heavy-handed tactics used by police to reign in the biggest demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to power in 2003. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN
En Ankara, miles de estudiantes universitarios boicotearon las clases para manifestarse bajo la consigna 'Todos somos Berkin'. Y otras varias ciudades del país han sido escenario de violentos choques.
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TOPSHOTS People protect themselves behind a trash can as anti-riot olice fires water cannon to disperse thousands of people demonstrating following the death of Berkin Elvan, a teenage boy wounded in mass anti-government demonstrations last year, on March 11, 2014 near the Middle East Technical University (ODTU) in Ankara. Elvan's story -- he spent 269 days in a coma -- gripped the nation and became a symbol of the heavy-handed tactics used by police to reign in the biggest demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to power in 2003. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN
El miércoles tendrá lugar el funeral en Estambul de este joven que pasó sus últimos nueve meses de vida en coma tras ser alcanzado por un bote de gas lanzado por la Policía cuando se dirigía a comprar el pan en los alrededores del parque Gezi.
El adolescente se convirtió en la octava víctima mortal de las protestas en defensa de ese parque de Estambul.
El joven, entonces de 14 años, entró en un coma del que no se despertó hasta su muerte causada por un paro cardiaco sobre las 5:00 GMT de este martes, informa el diario 'Radikal' en su versión digital.
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People hold portraits of Berkin Elvan during a sit-in demonstration following the announcement of his death by his familly on March 11, 2014 in Ankara. Clashes have erupted at a hospital in Istanbul where Berkin Elvan has died nine months after he was struck on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police. Berkin Elvan was 14 when he was hit on the head by the tear-gas canister in the Istanbul district of Okmeydan. He was one of thousands of people hurt during last year's protests. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN
