Ethem Sarısülük

Ethem Sarısülük (11 July 1986 – 14 June 2013) was an activist and worker who was killed by the police in Ankara during the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

Sarısülük, who was seriously injured by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz during the Gezi Park protests in Ankara,[1] stayed in intensive care unit for 14 days.

[9] On 1 June, Sarısülük was wounded with a bullet shot by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz during the Gezi Park protests.

[14] However, on 8 December 2014, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals, requested the sentence to be changed as the defendant Şahbaz had committed "willful murder" by "targeting the group in front of him and deliberately shooting them".

Police and gendarmerie teams closed the road at Batıkent junction when the funeral ceremony was taking place in Kızılay.

Over 100 people were detained during the incident[16][17] and Sarısülük's body was taken to the village of Beylice in the town of Sungurlu in Çorum with the vehicle of Çankaya Municipality.

[18] Established in 1979 as an illegal organization after the division of THKO, the TİKB issued a statement on its official website, following the death of Ethem Sarısülük.

[21] His elder brother, Mustafa Sarısülük, was a nominee from HDP at the November 2015 Turkish general election to represent Ankara's 2nd district.

[26] Singer Alpay composed the song "Ethem'in Sessiz Çığlığı" in honor of Ethem Sarısülük and all those who had lost their lives during the Gezi Park protests.