A protester stands in front of a Greenpeace banner in Gezi Park.

Greenpeace condemns the brutal police clampdown on the peaceful Gezi Park protest. What started as a simple peaceful protest against the destruction of an iconic, and historic, park by Taksim Square in Istanbul, to make way for a shopping mall, has grown into a wider struggle for Turkish democracy. A question of whether the country puts people and natural environment before commerce and profit. Greenpeace Turkey, with its office in the heart of Taksim, has offered medical assistance to injured peaceful protesters. Greenpeace staff, supporters and volunteers stand in solidarity with those who demand the protection of the park. They stand in solidarity with those demanding an end to the police brutality and all violence.