Tear gas

A few days after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras banned the use of tear gas at demonstrations by workers and pensioners following the firing of chemicals on retirees rallying in central Athens, the Greek Police (ELAS) has appealed to forces in other European countries for help in dealing with tense protest rallies.

The statement of Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas following the violent incidents took place in Idomeni has raised many concerns.

The tension accumulated over the past months in Idomeni erupted into violence on Sunday, when FYROM authorities responded to refugees protesting at Greek-FYROM border with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets.

Two canisters of tear gas were thrown ahead of Friday's inauguration of Hashim Thaci as Kosovo's new president.

Guests and media crews were already present in Pristina's central square when the tear gas was activated despite the strong police presence and security measures in place.

Berkin Elvan, a young boy who was shot with a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park incidents in 2013 and died some nine months later, was commemorated on March 11, the second anniversary of his death. Along with Elvan's parents, the relatives of other Gezi victims Ali ?smail Korkmaz, Ahmet Atakan and Abdullah Cömert also attended the commemoration in Istanbul.

Turkish riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered outside daily Zaman on March 5, a day after it was seized in a violent raid

Turkish riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered outside daily Zaman on March 5, a day after it was seized in a violent raid

A legal investigation has revealed the identity of the police officer who shot the youngest victim of the Gezi Park protests, 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, almost three years after a tear gas canister that fatally injured Elvan was fired on June 2013. 

Turkish police have intervened using water cannon and tear gas against locals and environmentalists in the northeastern province of Artvin’s Cerattepe are after protesters sought to march to the site of a controversial mining project

Caterpillars have started to prepare an environmentally important area in northern Turkey for construction of a mine site that saw two-day protests against turning a lush landscape into a gold mine, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.