62 Gezi Park protesters sent to court in Istanbul

The 62 people who were detained during demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the Gezi Park protests were sent to testify at court on June 2.

The protesters, who were detained and taken to the Vatan Police Department in Istanbul on May 31, were taken to Çağlayan Courthouse to testify.

On May 31, a total of 154 people were detained by the police during the protests to mark the first anniversary of the Gezi Park rallies. The Istanbul governorship had said it would not allow people to protest in Taksim Square, and police again resorted to teargas and water cannons to prevent gatherings in the evening. A total of 154 people were detained in Istanbul, 92 of whom were released on June 1.

Meanwhile, all 118 people detained in Ankara were released after giving their testimonies to the police department in the capital.

The Gezi protests rocked the country last summer, after an initial sit-in protest against a plan to bulldoze a park in central Istanbul turned into nationwide anti-government rallies following heavy-handed police crackdowns.