The KESK and DISK union federations, which represent hundreds of thousands of workers across the country, said in a joint statement that they would call a strike on Monday over the eviction of demonstrators from Gezi Park. "Our demand is for police violence to end immediately," KESK spokesman Baki Cinar told the AFP news agency. Associations representing doctors, engineers and dentists have said they too will support it. The Turkish Medical Association accused the police of using "chemical gases savagely" against civilians. An online survey of more than 11,000 people found that over a week more than half were allegedly suffered the effects of tear gas, it said. Prolonged exposure to the toxic chemical agents posed serious health risks, it added.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:19:58 +0000
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