ANKARA - Police attacked the “We want our jobs back” action held to support Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça for 378 days and detained seven people.

 

The hunger strike launched by two educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who were dismissed by an emergency decree, has entered in its 258th day as the “We want our jobs back” action launched by two educators’ supporters in front of Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Avenue has entered in its 378th day. The protesters, who wanted to make a statement in front of the Human Rights Monument on Yüksel Avenue, gathered at Ankara’s Konur Street. Police closed the street by using shields and detention vehicle and didn’t allow the protesters. Thereupon, the protesters wanted to make the statement in front of the shields and unfurled a banner reading, “The hunger strike on the 258th day, Nuriye and Semih should be reinstated”.

 

Police attacked the people and detained seven people.