From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Mon Dec  4 16:38:55 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 04 Dec 1995 16:38:55
Subject: HADEP Statement Concerning Upcoming
Message-ID: <bac1c849.QQzsrd02090.199512041523@alterdi>

From: akin at kurdish.org (American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN))
Subject: HADEP Statement Concerning Upcoming Elections In Turkey

We received the following statement from the People's Democracy Party
(HADEP) concerning the upcoming elections in Turkey.
-----

Representation in Europe of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP)

TO THE PUBLIC OPINION

        Turkey will hold general elections on December 24, 1995. We have
serious doubts about the fairness of these elections.
        The following factors show that we are right to be worried.
        One is that a minimum of 10% of the vote is a requirement for any
party to be eligible to have a representative in Parliament. Armed security
forces will be present to oversee the ballots in Kurdish areas. On the
pretext of security, ballot boxes in these areas will be placed in police
stations or the homes of village guards. These boxes will be taken at
certain times to military areas without the permission of the ballot box
committee, and the ballot boxes will eventually be emptied under the same
military supervision. Insufficient time has been allowed for displaced
Kurds and newly eligible 18-year-olds to register to vote. There have not
been proper provisions for citizens outside Turkey to vote. Heavy snows at
this time of year will make roads impassable, and therefore there will be
no elections possible in certain Kurdish areas.
        The areas where HADEP is stronger are under martial law, which is
why we are deeply concerned about the problems outlined above. But we are
determined to bring about democracy, proper respect for human rights, and
the creation of a peaceful country.
        HADEP is not alone in this election. People who desire a democratic
Turkey, those who demand a peaceful solution to the Kurdish problem,
workers who demand their rights, intellectuals concerned about the lack of
intellectual freedom, and all the Turks, Kurds, and other Anatolian people
who have fought for democracy, have formed with HADEP the "Labor, Peace,
and Democracy Front" for stopping the bloodshed and changing the policies.
It has attracted the attention of those in power and we are concerned that
we and our supporters will be subject to attacks during these elections,
because after many years of struggling for democracy we have created a
united front which will gain in popularity.
        We think, therefore, that it is important that the democratic
people of the world should be observers at the elections so that the will
of the people can be seen and respected. We ask for your support in sending
observers to these elections so that steps towards peace and democracy can
be taken.

HADEP General Office

For further information:

Halkin Demokrasi Partisi
2 Cadde, 2 Sokak
No. 37 Balgat
Ankara, TURKEY
tel. +90-312-285-2220/2200
fax. +90-312-285-2297

HADEP
Rue de la Victoire 30
106 Brussels, BELGIUM
tel. +32-2-534-3619
fax. +32-2-537-2269

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From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Wed Dec 13 21:41:16 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 13 Dec 1995 21:41:16
Subject: PKK-KDP Cease-Fire Announced
Message-ID: <bac1c849.199512131455.JAA02188@locust.cic>

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>

The Difficult Road To Peace In Kurdistan

	On Monday, the DEM News Agency in Germany reported
that PKK chairman Abdullah Ocalan had announced a unilateral
cease-fire in its four-month fight with the pro-Turkish
KDP militia in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). The KDP
have announced that they are also interested in observing the truce.
	The same is not true in Turkey, where government
officials flatly rejected another proposed cease-fire by the
PKK, refusing to deal with "terrorists". Ocalan announced plans
for a cease-fire in the civil war in Turkish-occupied Kurdistan
in order to create a more peaceful environment leading up to the
general elections in Turkey on December 24. The pro-Kurdish
People's Democracy Party (HADEP) is seeking to gain seats
in the Parliament which were left vacant when the the Democracy
Party (DEP) was banned in 1994 and its MPs exiled or imprisoned.
HADEP, which recently announced the formation of a "Peace, Labour,
and Democrcay Front" with several small Turkish socialist
parties, faces major obstacles in the upcoming polls. One is a new
10% nation-wide voting hurdle - enacted to prevent "regionalism" -
as well as martial law and heavy snows in the Kurdish regions of
the southeast. Under martial law provisions, polling stations in
the southeast will be located in police stations or military
facilities, thus making it extremely unlikely that Kurds will
vote.
	In another blow to the cause of peace, the European
Parliament voted today in favor of a Customs Union with 
Turkey which will go into effect on January 1, 1996. When
the vote was suspended earlier this year, the Europeans called
on Turkey to released the imprisoned Kurdish DEP parliamentarians
and to remove laws which prevent freedom of speech. Turkey did
not comply. Four MPs - including Nobel Peace Prize candidate
Leyla Zana - are still serving 15-year prison terms, and Article
8 of the so-called Anti-Terror Law and numerous other restrictions
are still in place.
	The so-called "Socialist" majority European Parliament
has dealt a slap in the face to Kurdish diplomacy efforts and
revealed its true interests are capitalism and imperialism and
not peace and human rights. Just during the two years of Ciller's
office as prime minister of Turkey, dozens of people have died under
torture, numerous publications have been closed down, whole forests have
been burned as part of a scorched earth anti-guerrilla campaign,
and well over 2,000 Kurdish villages wiped off the map. And yet
the social democrats in the European Parliament say that things
are OK in Turkey and that reforms are progressing. What ever gave them
that idea?!

FREEDOM FOR KURDISTAN!
STOP TURKISH FASCISM!

Arm The Spirit - December 13/95


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From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Fri Dec 15 05:54:39 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 15 Dec 1995 05:54:39
Subject: PKK Chair Announces Unilateral Ceas
Message-ID: <bac1c849.QQzued19367.199512150447@alterdi>

From: akin at kurdish.org (American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN))
Subject: PKK Chair Announces Unilateral Cease-Fire

Press Release #4

December 14, 1995

PKK Chair Declares Unilateral Cease-Fire
to Test Turkey for the Cause of Peace

        On December 14, 1995, PKK Chair Abdullah Ocalan announced an
unilateral cease-fire to test Turkey for the cause of peace in an interview
with the Kurdish satellite television station MED-TV.
        Journalists from Turkey and around the world were present at the
live press conference with Mr. Ocalan on MED-TV. The PKK Chair said, "We
have announced a unilateral cease-fire. We wish to see how the new Turkish
government, which will come to power after the December 24, 1995 elections,
approaches the Kurdish question. It is a goodwill gesture on our part to
give them the benefit of the doubt for new ways to deal with the issue."
Ocalan continued: "During the cease-fire, if the Turkish military does not
attack PKK forces, then our guerrillas will halt all their offensive
military actions."
        The PKK Chair announced this cease-fire in response to attempts by
the European Parliament to find ways for a political solution to the
Kurdish question. Another factor was the desire to create more peaceful
conditions for the upcoming general elections in Turkey.
        PKK Chair Abdullah Ocalan stressed that the unilateral cease-fire
should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness, rather as an illustration
of the party's desire to enter into a political dialogue. The PKK's desire,
he said, is not to change Turkey's present borders, but rather to bring
about the co-existence of the Turks and the Kurds by means other than war.
Several European countries, he said, have federated political systems, and
something similar could be worked out to accommodate the Kurds in Turkey.
        "If Turkey wishes to be a party to the political solution to the
Kurdish question but does not want to enter into dialogue with our party,
the PKK, some other Kurdish institution could act as an interlocutor, so
long as the the existence of the PKK is accepted as a fact and the reality
on the ground is not misconstrued."
        Mr. Ocalan, moreover, called upon the nations of Europe to
establish a commission to oversee the cease-fire and to redouble their
efforts for the cause of peace so that the momentum for a political
solution is not wasted. He noted that Turkey's recent admission into the
European Customs Union by definition has made the Kurdish question a
European issue. It is the duty, therefore, of European countries to bring
an end to the war in Turkey.
        PKK Chair Abdullah Ocalan called upon Turkey's political and
military institutions to respect the cease-fire. He also called on the
international community to acknowledge and give their support to this peace
effort.


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From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Mon Dec 18 04:14:55 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 18 Dec 1995 04:14:55
Subject: People's Liberation Army Of Kurdist
Message-ID: <bac1c849.199512180401.XAA09778@locust.cic>

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>
Subject: People's Liberation Army Of Kurdistan Statement

People's Liberation Army Of Kurdistan (ARGK)
Balance For November 1995

Guerrilla Successes In Northern And Southern Kurdistan

     In the month of November 1995, ARGK guerrillas carried out
56 actions in Turkish-Kurdistan. During these engagements, 192
members of the Turkish armed forces were killed, including 3
officers, 162 soldiers, 7 policemen, 12 village guards, 3 contra-
guerrillas. A total of 54 ARGK guerrillas were killed and another
12 were wounded. The fate of three other guerrillas who were
separated from their unit is still unknown.
     The Turkish government carried out 25 military operations
and 17 air attacks against PKK positions. During these
operations, 10 Kurdish villages were forcibly evacuated and 11
civilians killed. Turkish army officers are also involved in the
fight between the KDP and the PKK.
     In Iraqi-Kurdistan, a total of 337 actions were carried out,
of which the results of 130 are known. During these encounters,
489 KDP peshmergas were killed, including one battalion
commander, two division commanders, and one high-ranking village
guard. Another 46 peshmergas were taken prisoner. 40 KDP military
vehicles were destroyed and another 38 damaged. A total of 39
ARGK guerrillas were killed in these battles and another 25 were
wounded. The corpses of fallen guerrillas which fell into the
hands of pershmergas were burned or desecrated, and several
wounded guerrillas were killed by torture. The ARGK guerrillas,
on the other hand, gave the bodies of killed KDP peshmergas
traditional burials and provided medical treatment to wounded
prisoners. The PKK has also indicated it is willing to trade
prisoners, and 18 KDP peshmergas were released a good-will
gesture on the anniversary of the founding of the PKK.

(Translated by Arm The Spirit from Kurdistan Rundbrief #25/1995)


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From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Mon Dec 18 04:15:07 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 18 Dec 1995 04:15:07
Subject: Trade Union Delegation To Turkey
Message-ID: <bac1c849.199512180403.XAA09804@locust.cic>

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>

Trade Union Delegation To Turkey

By Rod Finlayson

Rod Finlayson is a member of London Troops Out Movement, and the
Trade Union TOM. He joined an International Delegation of Trade
Unionists from Germany, Greece, and England, who were invited by
the Istanbul Democratic Platform to Turkey to join the May 1st
demonstrations and learn about the situation for Trade Unionists
in Turkey. The IDP comprises the three combined Trade Union
Centres in Turkey, TURK-IS, DISK, and HAC.

     The three delegates were an Irish RMT shop-steward and
conference delegate with authority to speak for the National
union, an English UCATT convenor supported by the London Region
and GLATCs and myself, supported by the 1/1107 T&GWU Ford Central
Branch. I also took a message of solidarity from the London
Branch of the Troops Out Movement. As a member of the British
Cuba Solidarity Campaign and as a Communist I was keen to
exchange experiences with like-minded people in Turkey. The
Germans had twenty delegates, mainly from IGMetal and the DGB
Union. They included one Official, two Convenors and the rest the
equivalent of shop-stewards. The eleven Greeks were from a wide
variety of unions.
     I was billeted along with a German (who spoke English) and a
Turk from Germany in the home of a Kurdish couple in a
working-class district of Istanbul. Our hosts were Ebrahim and
his wife Daria. Ebrahim was a Tumtis activist and Express Cargo
striker. He had been beaten and injured by the police whilst on
the picket line. Other pickets had been shot and wounded and
others beaten and hospitalised by police attacks - but the strike
goes on. The fact that some of the pickets were Kurds was a
second reason for intense police hatred. We were also looked
after by the General Organising Secretary, Mustafa Sekreteri, and
Press Officer Ilka, who had served twelve years in prison under
the previous fascist government, for trade union activity. Most
of the officials had suffered similarly.
     The delegation was divided into three groups, one to go to
the mining town of Zonguldak, by the Black Sea, for the May Day
march and rally there; another to the industrial city of Izmir on
the Aegean Sea, and the last to stay in Turkey's biggest city
Istanbul. I was allocated to Istanbul. Turkey has a population of
66 million and a land mass 5 or 6 times bigger than that of
Britain. The population is mainly engaged in agriculture though
Turkey has large industrial areas as well. Istanbul is bigger
than London with over twelve million inhabitants. The city is
divided by the waters of the Bosporus. One part of the city is on
the Asian side and the other on the European side. The centuries
of warfare between Christian Greece and Muslim Turkey has left
its mark on much of the historical architecture which also
included Roman remains.
     Turkey, has similarities to Britain in that it, too, once
had an Imperial empire which has left the reactionary mark of
great power nationalism on the working class. Turkey is fighting
a dirty war, like Britain's with Ireland, and Turkey refuses to
recognise the right to self-determination of the Kurdish people.
The Irish issue with Britain is well known and there was much
sympathy for the Irish cause amongst progressive people in
Turkey. The German workers very obviously earned more money than
we, but they were also loaded down with TU 'gifts' - jackets,
hats, badges, flags and balloons. I only had a few spare T & G
badges but the 30 odd Irish support badges went down a treat, and
were proudly worn every day after I handed them out.
Approximately every fifth person in the big cities is a Kurd. The
biggest part of the Kurdish lands are in Southern Turkey, with
areas in Iraq, Iran and Syria. This make the Kurdish national
question very complicated. The feudal clan way of life in
Kurdistan also adds complications with various powers bribing
feudal leaders to fight on different sides. Turkey just recently
sent 30,000 troops with tanks and helicopter gun-ships on a
scorched earth punishment raid into the UN 'safe-haven' for Kurds
in Kurdish held Iraq. Oil is worth killing for in the New World
'Order' and there is oil in Kurdistan. Turkey's human rights
record is an embarrassment to the EU As an example, we visited
the site of this April's massacre in Istanbul working class
district of Gazi. The fascists are still a powerful force in
Turkey and many are now posing as Muslim fundamentalists. Turkey
and the Kurds are mainly 'Sunni' Muslims, while a large minority
of both are 'Alowite' Muslims. The Alowites are much more liberal
with women in dress and how they observe Muslim rules. The
fascists are concentrating their attacks on working class Kurdish
Alowites. In Gazi the fascists bombed and shot up a Kurdish
Alowite cultural centre. Rapidly, angry people, Turkish and
Kurdish, ran into the street, and two of the fascists were nearly
caught. They ran into the local police station. A large angry
crowd gathered outside. Then suddenly the police came out
shooting, first into the air, then into the crowd. 30 were shot
dead, and 200 wounded. The police wildly sprayed the area with
machine-gun fire. I visited a worker cafe that had bullet holes
in the walls, and expressed outrage on behalf of us all in
Britain that I'm sure you will endorse.
     The workers in Turkey attach great importance to May 1st
International Workers Day. In 1977, as the country was protesting
against fascist rule, the first May Day march was held in
Istanbul. The police opened fire, killing 37 and injuring many.
Emerging from fascist rule, May Day marches have been held since
1990. First there is the wreath laying at the site of the
shootings, then the march and rally. Marches take place in all
Turkey's major cities now, including Ankara the capital. So it
passed peacefully and successfully. One of the useful effects of
the International Delegation was to restrain the Turkish police
as they don't like foreign attention while EU membership is in
the balance. The other effect was the morale booster. We were met
with roaring, cheering, and clapping, all along the march and at
the 100,000 strong rally as we mounted the rostrum. A list of the
organisations and an explanation of each from the International
Delegation was read out, and it was simply stated that we
expressed solidarity with the Turkish and Kurdish working class.
This was met with thunderous applause. However, in the Turkish
occupied part of Kurdistan, police and army terror rules, and
peaceful protest or workers celebration is not possible at this
time. There is also a bitter and determined war of resistance
going on.
     The Turkish military was originally backed by the US during
the Cold War, and still is. But Germany has moved back into main
place. Britain also supplies arms and training. The Turkish-
German Alliance has a long and reactionary history. Turkey fought
on Germany's side in WWI. Turkey was committed to join Hitler
after the Nazis took Stalingrad. However, with the tremendous
efforts of the Soviet people, history took a different course,
and Turkey backed-off.
     During a hectic series of meetings, the International
Delegation met the President of TUMTIS, Sabri Topcu. He told us
that officials were on workers' pay plus expenses. The TUMTIS
members paid 20% of their wages to the union, and the union was
able to pay basic wages to strikers. All the union members on the
march who'd had to have time off were on union pay. However if it
was a general strike and the full membership was out, then this
could not be done. The TURK-IS agreed to send a message of
solidarity to the RMTs anti-privatisation march and rally on 10
June. We also agreed to start a mutual campaign in Turkey.
Britain, and Ireland, against visa charges. Some years ago the
British Government in a blatantly class and racist move, slapped
a 10 pound visa charge on people from Turkey visiting here. These
were people visiting Britain mainly to see relatives. Whilst 10
pounds is nothing to a rich Turk it's a lot of money for a
worker. The Turkish Government retaliated with a 10 pound entry
visa for the British, and 5 pounds for the Irish. Other European
countries pay no visa charge. 10 pounds is an extra burden for
working-class visitors and again means nothing to the wealthy.
Finally, we discussed the issue of a Turkish Union that gets
hosted in Germany and Britain - "TURK METAL-IS". This
organisation is led by a man who proclaims his allegiance to
Hitler, and is Turkish Nazi controlled. It has ties with the
Turkish fascist party MHP. and the storm-trooper terrorist 'Grey
Wolves' whose symbol appears in the union logo. The Grey Wolves
have people in the police and military and are responsible for
the deaths of thousands of progressives. The BNP and C18 aren't a
shadow of these. The Turkish Nazis are blind to the fact that
today's German Nazis are murdering mainly Turks.
     We also met the Public Service unions whose President,
Birska Hara, is a woman. They describe themselves as de-facto
unions. They are semi-legal. Among the large gathering many had
been jailed or beaten. I met the journalist whose only crime was
to write that there should be a peace settlement between Turkey
and the Kurds - he got two years in jail. They showed us
newspapers with big blank spaces where the State Censor had
forbidden critical articles. In 1992 the union was closed down by
the state, but re-opened in 1993. They strike, they arrange wages
and conditions and deals with the employers, but they are not
recognised, which is in breach of the UN's Labour Department ILO
conventions. We told them of the GCHQ here which also breaches
ILO conventions, and promised to raise their lack of recognition
within our own unions, to mount an international campaign to put
pressure on the Turkish Government.
     We welcomed the number of women holding positions in the
de-facto unions and this led to a discussion. They described to
us the difficulties in Turkey, where machismo still rules. On the
one hand the secular ruling elite present the way forward for
women as a kind of heavily jewelled Hollywood film star, whilst
the fundamentalist right are violently trying to enforce the veil
and ankle-length robes. Progressives want neither, and for women
and men to be equal and free partners in life is still a
difficult argument to be won.
     So finally the British delegation drew up the following
campaigning demands based on our visit to support our Turkish and
Kurdish sisters and brothers:

1. Recognition by the Turkish Government of all Trade Unions
their right to collective bargaining, and the right to strike.
Also the right of individuals to join the union of their choice.
2. An end to repression of Turkish and Kurdish people - including
murders, disappearances, unjustified arrests, and all other state
intimidation. Also support for victims and relatives of this
repression.
3. Unconditional self-determination for the Kurdish people.
4. The mutual abolition of visa charges between Britain and
Turkey, and Ireland and Turkey that only burdens working-class
people.
5. Call on all unions and confederations to break ties with the
fascist trade union front - "TURK METAL-IS".

(Source: Troops Out - Vol. 18, #3 - Special Edition 1995)


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From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Tue Dec 19 07:59:00 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 19 Dec 1995 07:59:00
Subject: Turkey turns down Kurd guerrilla ce
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Subject: Turkey turns down Kurd guerrilla ceasefire offer

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    (Adds 10 rebels killed, sixth para)
    ANKARA, Dec 12 (Reuter) - Turkey on Tuesday rejected a
ceasefire call by rebel Kurd leader Abdullah ``Apo'' Ocalan for
this month's parliamentary elections.
    ``Turkey does not take seriously his (Ocalan's) call for a
ceasfire,'' Interior Minister Teoman Unusan told Reuters.
    ``Apo just makes it up as he goes along -- he is not a man
to be taken seriously,'' Unusan said.
    Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called
on the Turkish military on Monday to agree to a ceasefire during
general polls due to take place on December 24.
    The PKK has been fighting for independence or autonomy in
southeast Turkey since 1984. More than 18,000 people have been
killed in the insurgency.
    Security forces killed 10 PKK members in the provinces of
Malatya, Hakkari and Sivas on Tuesday, the state-run Anatolian
news agency said. Some of the rebels had killed seven people in
a raid on economic targets in Malatya in October, it said.
    Ocalan called a unilateral ceasefire in 1993, which held for
nearly three months until the guerrillas killed 33 unarmed
soldiers in a bus ambush after complaining Turkey had not
reciprocated.
    Ocalan has called for a ceasefire a few times since then but
each time Turkey rejected his call, saying it refuses to deal
with ``terrorists.''
    Turkey is to go to the polls on December 24. The People's
Democracy Party, which advocates more rights for Turkey's
estimated 10-15 million Kurds, is expected to do well in the
southeast.
    Unusan said the PKK was calling a ceasefire this time
because it was losing strength.
    ``The PKK has entered into the process of declining, they
have problems in Syria and northern Iraq as well.''
    Since August, the PKK has also been fighting with the
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which shares power with a
rival militia in Kurdish-held northern Iraq.
    The Germany-based Kurdish DEM agency on Monday quoted Ocalan
-- believed based in Syria or the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley
in Lebanon -- as saying the PKK and the KDP had agreed to hold
ceasefire talks.
Reut12:09 12-12-95

Reuter N:Copyright 1995, Reuters News Service


From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Tue Dec 19 15:14:16 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 19 Dec 1995 15:14:16
Subject: Police seize magazine due to U.S. r
Message-ID: <bac1c849.199512191505.KAA13857@locust.cic>

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>
Subject: Police seize magazine due to U.S. report, editor

Police Seize Magazine Due To U.S. Report, Editor

Istanbul, Turkey (Reuter - December 14, 1995) A Turkish state security 
court ordered a local magazine confiscated because it published an
excerpt from a report issued by the U.S. monitoring group Human
Rights Watch, the magazine's editor said on Thursday.
    About 2,000 copies of the December issue of Peace Magazine
Against War were collected on Wednesday by police who came to
the Istanbul office with a court order, Omer Ucar told Reuters.
    The confiscation order came a day after the European
parliament accepted Turkey into a customs union despite some
Euro-MP opposition because of human rights complaints.
    The Istanbul court's decision accused the monthly of
``provoking enmity'' by publishing an excerpt from the Human
Rights Watch Arms Project's November report about the use of
U.S. weapons against Kurdish civilians in southeastern Turkey.
    The excerpt, which Ucar said used a Turkish translation
provided by Human Rights Watch, detailed the burning of civilian
Kurdish villages in eastern Tunceli province by Turkish soldiers
battling separatist rebel Kurds.
    Based on the court order, it appeared the magazine would be
charged with article 312 of the penal code, which carries up to
three-years imprisonment term for ``provoking enmity.''
    Ucar, the magazine's former owner, is currently on trial
under article 312 for two articles the magazine published last
March about the Kurds.
    Turkey has numerous laws restricting freedom of speech and
these are most frequently used against people who write or say
something critical about Turkey's treatment of its Kurdish
minority and the 11-year rebel war.
    In October the Turkish parliament modified article 8 of the
anti-terror law, under which at least 130 people were in prison
for ``separatist propaganda'' for things they wrote or said.
    Although an unknown number of those people were released
after their cases were reviewed in light of the change, lawyers
specialising in these cases say the reworked law is being used
similarly to the old one.

From kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Tue Dec 19 15:29:11 1995
From: kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu (kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 19 Dec 1995 15:29:11
Subject: Turkish court convicts two for spee
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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>
Subject: Turkish court convicts two for speeches on Kurds

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Turkish court convicts two for speeches on Kurds
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    ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuter) - A Turkish court on Friday
sentenced a trade unionist and a writer each to 10 months in
prison for speeches they gave about the Kurds during a human
rights conference in Istanbul four years ago.
    The decision of the Istanbul state security court could mean
that writer Esber Yagmurdereli will have to spend an additional
23 years in prison because of a previous conviction for which he
was released conditionally in 1991.
    ``This is not a good thing. If the appeals court approves
the sentence he will have to go back to prison,'' said
Yagmurdereli's lawyer, Ercan Kanar.
    The case against the two men was a rehearing of their
previous convictions on the same charges for the same speeches.
    The new trials were ordered because of the Turkish
parliament's modification in October of article 8 of the
Anti-Terror Law banning ``separatist propaganda.''
    Parliament's changes, made as Turkey was agitating for
European Parliament approval of the customs union, kept the ban
but reduced the maximum penalty to three years from five and
required courts to prove intent to commit the crime.
    Euro-MPs approved the customs deal on Wednesday despite
reservations voiced by some about human rights complaints in
Turkey.
    Under the original article 8 at least 130 people were in
prison for things they wrote or said, usually criticisms about
Turkey's treatment of the Kurdish minority and the 11-year rebel
war in the southeast.
    Yagmurdereli was arrested three weeks ago and sent to prison
to start serving out the original 20-month sentence against him
despite the scheduled rehearing. His lawyer said he now would be
freed pending the appeals court decision.
    The sentence against trade unionist Atilay Aycin, the head
of the airport workers union Hava-Is, was suspended because he
had not been previously convicted of a crime.
    He originally was sentenced to one year, of which he served
five months before being conditionally released because of the
changes in article 8.
    But Yagmurdereli was convicted in the early 1980s of leading
a militant leftist group. He was originally sentenced to death
which was commuted to life imprisonment, then modified to about
36 years of which he served 13 before being released in 1991
under a limited amnesty.
    Under Turkish law an additional conviction means he must
serve out the remainder of the first sentence.
Reut14:57 12-15-95

Reuter N:Copyright 1995, Reuters News Service


From KommAG at ASCO.nev.sub.de  Thu Dec 28 02:03:00 1995
From: KommAG at ASCO.nev.sub.de (KommAG at ASCO.nev.sub.de)
Date: 28 Dec 1995 02:03:00
Subject: Gratulation to HADEP !!!
Message-ID: <5.kOrUFtibB@kommagp.asco.nev.sub.de>



Congratulations to HADEP!

(tuerk?e yaz? afa??da)

Here are the results of the elections 1995 in turkey

Die Ergebnisse der Wahlen 1995 in der Tuerkei.
Nach der Krise der Koalition zwischen der konservativen `Partei des Richtigen  
Weges' (DYP) und der `Republikanischen Volkspartei' (CHP) auf Druck der  
Opposition vor allem der `Mutterlandpartei' (ANAP) wurden vorgezogene Wahlen  
auf den 24.12. 1995 anberaumt.

Das HADEP (Demokratie Partei des Volkes) bei diesen Wahlen auch antreten koennte war nicht
selbstverstaendlich. Sie ist eine sozialistische Partei, die die
Konfliktpunkte und schwierigkeiten in der Tuerkei benennt z.B.
Menschenrechtsfragen, Kurdenpolitik der tuerkischen Regierung sowie die
Politik der Militaers. Dies sind Fragen, die fuer die Tuerkei und die
"neuen sozialen Bewegungen" in der Tuerkei wesentlich sind. Zu diesen Fragen  
muessen Konzepte erstellt und Gespraeche gefuehrt werden. Die Ergebnisse der  
Hochburgen der HADEPsind hier aufgezaehlt.



                                ADANA

                  Stimmen                     Prozente (%)
         DYP      168.117                      17.33
         ANAP     160.162                      16,51
         HADEP     65.237                       6,73
         DSP      183.491                      18,92
         RP       160.623                      16,56
         CHP       77.044                       7,94
         MHP      139.229                      14,35

In Adana leben viele Fluechtlinge aus dem sog. Ausnahmezustandsgebiet


                                A?RI
                 Stimmen                     In Prozent

         DYP     17.352                         13,54
         ANAP    23.600                         18,42
         HADEP   23.111                         18,04
         RP      39.204                         30,60
         CHP      4.726                          3,69
         MHP      7.018                          5,48


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                                        ANKARA 1
                          Stimmen                      Prozent
         DYP              125.456                      13.37
         ANAP             200.286                      21,34
         HADEP             26.861                       2,86
         DSP              142.362                      15,17
         RP               169.036                      18,01
         CHP              177.529                      18,91
         MHP               81.301                       8,66

        -------------------------------------------------------

                                        ANKARA 2

        DYP               115.855                       12,81
        ANAP              198.329                       21,93
        HADEP              19.643                        2,17
        DSP               118.697                       13,13
        RP                214.916                       23,77
        CHP               133.735                       14,79
        MHP                88.377                        9,77


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                                        DIYARBAKIR
                          Stimmen                       Prozent
        DYP                35.468                        10,78
        ANAP               45.368                        13,79
        HADEP             152.849                        46,47
        DSP                 8.523                         2,59
        RP                 61.654                        18,74
        CHP                 6.540                         1,99
        MHP                 6.260                         1,90


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                                        HAKKARI
                           Stimmen                       Prozent
        DYP                 9.947                         19,45
        ANAP                6.080                         11,89
        HADEP              27.792                         54,35
        DSP                 1.009                          1,97
        RP                  2.955                          5,78
        CHP                 1.362                          2,66
        MHP                 1.099                          2,15


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                                         MARDIN
                            Stimmen                       Prozent
         DYP                 33.385                         19,74
         ANAP                37.325                         22,07
         HADEP               37.218                         22,01
         DSP                  2.908                          1,72
         RP                  33.777                         19,98
         CHP                  7.659                          4,53
         MHP                  9.165                          5,42


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                                                 MUP
                            Stimmen                       Prozent
         DYP                 12.461                        11,30
         ANAP                18.105                        16,42
         HADEP               18.496                        16,77
         DSP                  3.221                         2,92
         RP                  32.640                        29,60
         CHP                  4.720                         4,28
         MHP                  6.468                         5,86


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                                         S??RT
                           Stimmen                        Prozent
         DYP                 7.046                          10,04
         ANAP               10.017                          14,27
         HADEP              18.722                          26,68
         DSP                 1.376                           1,69
         RP                 19.555                          27,86
         CHP                 6.001                           8,55
         MHP                 4.847                           6,91


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                                         TUNCEL?
                          Stimmen                       Prozent
         DYP               5.962                         16,66
         ANAP              3.201                          8,95
         HADEP             6.085                         17,00
         DSP               1.389                          3,88
         RP                  916                          2,56
         CHP               8,329                         23,28
         MHP               1.988                          5,56


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                                          PANLIURFA
                           Stimmen                        Prozent
          DYP               87.875                         25,00
          ANAP              60.860                         17,32
          HADEP             47.836                         13,61
          DSP                6.496                          1,85
          RP                91.677                         26,08
          CHP                7.879                          2,24
          MHP               13.146                          3,74


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                                         VAN
                          Stimmen                        Prozent
         DYP               21.977                         9,90
         ANAP              36.822                        16,59
         HADEP             61.645                        27,77
         RP                52.843                        23,80
         MHP               15.620                         7,04


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                                         BATMAN
                          Stimmen                        Prozent
         DYP              16.885                          14,33
         ANAP             18.211                          15,45
         HADEP            44.075                          37,40
         RP               30.282                          25,69


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                                         PIRNAK
                           Stimmen                       Prozent
         DYP               19.403                        29,42
         ANAP               9.205                        13,96
         HADEP             17.055                        25,86
         RP                 5.448                         8,26


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                                         I?DIR
                           Stimmen                       Prozent
         DYP                9.899                         19,79
         ANAP               2.716                          5,43
         HADEP             10.855                         21,70
         DSP                7.119                         14,23
         RP                 4.659                          9,32
         MHP                7.567                         15,13

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                                         ISTANBUL 1
                           Stimmen                        Prozent
         DYP               217.250                         14,66
         ANAP              331.274                         22,36
         HADEP              56.138                          3,79
         DSP               257.220                         17,36
         RP                349.671                         23,60
         CHP               195.027                         13,16

         ---------------------------------------------------------

                                         ISTANBUL 2
         DYP               222.835                         15,96
         ANAP              307.139                         22,00
         HADEP              46.462                          3,33
         DSP               262.076                         18,77
         RP                349.710                         25,04
         CHP               141.534                         10,14


         ---------------------------------------------------------

                                         ISTANBUL 3
         DYP               200.686                         15,69
         ANAP              276.591                         21,63
         HADEP              48.702                          3,81
         DSP               244.146                         19,09
         RP                293.268                         22,93
         CHP               146.266                         11,44



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                                            TURKEY

                          Stimmen                         Prozent

         DYP              5.388.980                       19,20
         YDH                 69.158                        0,34
         ANAP             5.517.836                       19,66
         MP                 126.681                        0,45
         IP                  62.064                        0,22
         HADEP            1.170.699                        4,17
         DSP              4.113.493                       14,65
         YDH                134.260                        0,48
         RP               5.985.322                       21,32
         CHP              3.006.444                       10,71
         MHP              2.296.520                        8,18
         YP                  37.783                        0,13
         BGMZ               134.829                        0,48



HADEP konnte zwar die 10 prozent Huerde nicht ueberspringen, hat jedoch in
den kurdischen Gebieten grosse Erfolge verbucht und hat somit auch gezeigt,
dass Sie, die Menschen vertreten koennte, fuer die sich scheinbar kaum jemand
politisch zustaendig fuehlt. Das heisst nichts anderes als, dass die kurdischen
Bevoelkerungsgruppen ihre Interessen durch die HADEP vertreten sehen.

Der Teilerfolg der HADEP in Nord-Kurdistan macht die Spaltung der  
Gesellschaft in der Tuerkei deutlich. Es ist als Protest gegen den  
jahrzehntelangen Staatsterror der Militaers unter der Duldung aller  
staatstragenden Parteien zu werten.

Um so schlimmer, dass diese Bevoelkerungsgruppe im tuerkischen Parlament  
nicht vertreten sein wird. Zwar haette HADEP insgsamt 25 Mandate errungen,  
doch scheitert die Partei landesweit an der 10% Huerde.





Buradan HADEP'e selamlar?m?z? sunuyor ve tebriklerimizi goenderiyoruz.

HADEP bu se?imlere Emek, Ber?f ve Oezguerluek Blok'u i?ersinde kat?lm?ft?r. Bu
blokta yer alan partiler, SIP Sosyalist Iktidar Partisi, DDP, BSP Birlefik
Sosyalist Parti ve HADEP. Bu beraber ?al?fmayla yoenleyici bir politika izini
alm?flard?r. Bir yandan rejimin bask?s?na karf? ayaklanmak bir yandanda
Tuerkiyede ve Kuerdistanda yafayan insanlara ve beraberli?e bir fans vermek
anlam?na gelmekte olan bir blok ortaya gelmiftir. Bu Blok ?al?fmalar?n?
bar?f?? bir fekilde oezguerluek ve bar?f bekleyen insanlara iletebildi?i
taktirde, Tuerkiye Parlamentosunda yerini alabilecek bir koalisyon olarak
kardeflik, birlik ve efitli?i geliftirebilirler. Bizleri ilgilendiren
sorulardan biri: Bu blok'un oebuer Partilerden fark? vede di?er Parti
duefuencelerinden fark?dir. Lutfen fu sorulara cevap. Istekler nelerdir?
Tabakada ?al?fmalar hangi konular? i?elmekte ve ?al?fmalara tabakadan kat?l?m
ve ilg? nas?l?

HADEP represents the view of demokratik kurdish people in Turkey. Because of
that HADEP and the previous parties for example DEP was always attackted by
the turkish administration. The DEP members of Parliament for instance Leyla
Zana are arrested. The elections in December the 24 in 1995 was very
important for HADEP and the other parties in the HADEP Block. Four parties
made a WORK, Peace and Freedom Block: HADEP, SIP, DDP, and the BSP. The
target was not to be hindert the elektion. And the results shows us that the
HADEP and the others had the most votes in Kurdistan.




Selamlar!
Bye!
Nimet