Thats when he was hit on the head by a tear gas canister[9] thrown by the police officer Fatih Dalgalı. However, in another report sent to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that he was found to be carrying explosives when he was brought to the Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital. He fell into coma and died after 269 days on the 11 March 2014.[10] His funeral was held in Istanbul on March 12 and attended by thousands of people.[11] He was buried at the Feriköy Cemetery, Istanbul.[12]