Turkish police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of people gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square in a show of support for a teenager who has been in intensive care for 46 days after being hit by a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests.

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Police fired water cannons and tear gas at a group of demonstrators who gathered in Taksim Square to protest the violence used against a 14-year-old teenager who has been in intensive care for 46 days after being hit by a tear gas canister in Istanbul during the Gezi Park unrest.

Berkin Elvan was not a protester but a bystander who was attacked after stepping out to buy bread during a police intervention in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı neighborhood on June 15.

Hundreds turned out to show their support in a demonstration called by the young protester’s family, seeking justice and action against those officers who fired the gas canister. Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu also attended the protest.

Elvan’s condition is critical due to an infection, the family had said in their call for protest.

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