Osman's Trial Has Been Concluded

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>>From: osi at info-ist.comlink.apc.org (War Resisters Ass. Izmir)
>>X-Gateway: ZCONNECT UC cl-hh.comlink.de [DUUCP BETA vom 15.08.1997]
>>Subject: TURKEY: Osman's Trial Has Been Concluded
>>Date: 25 Oct 1997 20:17:00 +0200
>>
>
>>
>>Dear Friends,
>>
>>The last hearing of Osman Murat Ulke's trial was held on October 23. 
He  
>>was charged with four "offences":
>>
>>First: Applying tricks in order to avoid military service. The judge  
>>denied that he was applying tricks and replaced it with "continuing  
>>disobedience in the military unit". Osman was sentenced to 5 months 
for  
>>this.
>>
>>Second: Desertion. After he was released in the end of December '96 he  
>>officially had to go to the military unit but of course he didn't. So, 
he  
>>became a "deserter". He was sentenced to 5 months for desertion.
>>
>>The third and fourth charges are not worthy to mention here and 
include  
>>legal details. For these third and fourth charges he was sentenced to 
a  
>>fine of 625.000 TL (nearly 6,5 DM).
>>
>>So, totally Osman was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment and 625.000 
TL  
>>fine.
>>
>>According to the law of execution he has to stay in prison 40 percent 
of  
>>this 10 months and he has already fulfilled the sentence while the 
trial  
>>was going on. So, normally he had to be released on October 23, but he 
was  
>>kept because of his second "desertion" after he was released on May 
29. As  
>>like his previous desertion, he was released to go the military unit 
and  
>>he didn't on May 29. So, a new trial is expected because of that  
>>desertion. You can write to Osman to the previous address, he is 
waiting  
>>for letters:
>>
>>1. Taktik Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanligi
>>Askeri Cezaevi
>>Eskisehir - TURKEY
>>
>>
>>Jan Brauns and Christiane Moecker from German Peace Society (DFG-VK) 
and  
>>Barbara Neppart from Amnesty International came to observe the trial 
but  
>>they were not allowed to get in.
>>
>>That's all for now.
>>
>>Greetings
>>
>>**************************************************************************
>>Izmir Savas Karsitlari Dernegi                      Tel: + 90 - 232 - 
464
>24 92
>>Izmir War Resisters' Association                    Fax: + 90 - 232 - 
464
>08 42
>>                                           e-mail: 
osi at info-ist.comlink.de
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