Turkey drops charges against 'woman in red' protester

January 16, 2014 22:47

Turkish prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a protester who became known globally as the "woman in red" during last year's mass street demonstrations against the government.

The decision, reported in the Turkish media today, comes after prosecutors said they were demanding up to three years in prison for a policeman who tear-gassed the woman, Ceyda Sungur, during a rally in Istanbul.

Pictures of the academic being pepper-sprayed went viral, making her an unwitting symbol of the protest movement against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Istanbul public prosecutor Huseyin Nazmi Okumus yesterday decided to drop charges of "provoking people to disobey laws" against Sungur and four other demonstrators, the Hurriyet Daily News reported on its website.

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