Usage of Riot Control Agents and other methods resulting in physical and psychological injuries sustained during civil unrest in Turkey in 2013

Unuvar, Umit; Yılmaz, Deniz; Özyıldırım, İlker; DOKUDAN, Erenc; KORKMAZ, Canan; DOGANOGLU, Senem; Kutlu, Levent; Fincanci, Rasime

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2016.11.007

Usage of Riot Control Agents and other methods resulting in physical and psychological injuries sustained during civil unrest in Turkey in 2013

Unuvar U., Yılmaz D., Özyıldırım I., DOKUDAN E. Y., KORKMAZ C., DOGANOGLU S., ...More

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.45, pp.47-52, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 45
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.11.007
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.47-52
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Turkey has experienced a wave of demonstrations in the summer of 2013, called Gezi Park Demonstrations. Between 31 May and 30 August, 297 people who had been subjected to trauma by several methods of demonstration control and Riot Control Agents applied to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Rehabilitation Centers to receive treatment/rehabilitation and/or documentation.