Mehmet Istif, a Gezi protester from Mersin who has been battling with tongue cancer for over 9 months has just lost his life. He wasn’t a victim of a disease, but a victim of the state that has been seeking remedies to suppress mass protests with chemical weapons. Mehmet Istif was sprayed pepper gas into his mouth at close range by the Turkish police, intentionally. It is yet another state murder. Continue reading Turkey: Mehmet Istif is dead, murdered by the state