ANTALYA
In order to draw attention to the economic suicides being committed, students gathered at a sit-in action in Kadıköy, in a series of events sparked by the suicide of a family by cyanide. Of the activists, 7 people, including 3 university students, were taken into custody after the fascist Turkish police did not allow the protest of the students who were chanting “Not Suicide, Murdered by Erdogan.”
Simsek family
Today, a father poisoned himself and his family of four, including a five and nine-year-old, with cyanide because of unemployment.
A family of four; Selim Şimşek (36), Sultan Şimşek (38), Ceren Şimşek (9) and Ali Çınar Şimşek (5) was found dead in their Antalya home. Crime scene investigation reports found traces of cyanide in the house and a 2-paged letter in which father Şimşek explained that he had suffered financial difficulties and had been unemployed for nine months. “I apologise to everyone, but I don’t have any other option left. We are putting an end to our lives,” he wrote.
Upon further investigation, it was revealed that father Şimşek was heavily in debt and had been unable to pay expenses such as rent and apartment fees for a long time.
