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He died on March 11, 2014, following a 269-day coma. Lawyers representing the family said Elvan’s condition worsened over the last week of his life, with his weight dropping to 16 kg from 45 kg. Widespread demonstrations erupted following Berkin"s death.
He was laid to rest at the Feriköy Cemetery, Istanbul.
On 12 March 2014, four police officers testified for the ongoing investigation concerning the case of Berkin Elvan’s injury during the Gezi protests. Overall, 18 police officers have testified as suspects under the investigation so far, including these four.
Following Elvan"s death, once again protests have erupted throughout Turkey in Adana, Adıyaman, Antalya, Ankara, Ardahan, Bursa, Bolu, Çorum Düzce, Edirne, Gaziantep, İstanbul, İzmir, Konya, Hatay, Malatya, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Kayseri Dersim, Tokat, Zonguldak and worldwide in cities such as Nuremberg, London, Paris, Vienna, Helsinki, Strasbourg, Stockholm, New York, Boston, Washington District of Columbia, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bielefeld, Berlin, Brussels, Den Haag, Dresden, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Lausanne, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Seattle, Pennsylvania, Toronto. His funeral in Istanbul on March 12 was attended by thousands of people, many of whom had never heard of the boy prior to the incident.
In March 2014 Maoist rebels attacked a police station in revenge for Elvan"s killing.
The police negotiated with the gunmen for six hours, but eventually stormed the courthouse "because of gunshots heard from inside the prosecutor"s office". The two gunmen died during the operation, while the prosecutor was badly wounded and later died of his injuries.
