Fascist practices in Turkey: again disappearences

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37 DAYS, AND STILL NO NEWS ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF FOUR
REVOLUTIONARIES

Neslihan  Uslu
Metin Andas
Hasan Aydogan
Mehmet Ali Mandal

The Turkish Mafia-state continues its method of making people
disappear, for the first time used in 1980 when Hayrettin Eren
"disappeared".

On March 31, 1998, NESLIHAN USLU, METIN ANDAC, HASAN AYDOGAN and
MEHMET MANDAL were arrested by the police in Izmir. Although inquiries
were made at all the police stations in Izmir, no information about
their whereabouts could be obtained.

Hereby we publish a statement of the Halkin Hukuk Buerosu (People's
Lawyers Office) in Istanbul:

Statement of the People's Lawyers Office

May 7, 1998

The lawyers ask parliament about the fate of the disappeared.

The People's Lawyers Office addressed Turkish parliament (TBMM) with a
statement regarding the whereabouts of Neslihan Uslu, Metin Andac,
Hasan Aydogan and Mehmet Mandal, last seen in Izmir on March 31, 1998.

TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF THE TBMM

There has been no news about Neslihan Uslu, Metin Andac, Hasan Aydogan
and Mehmet Mandal, last seen on March 31, 1998, in Izmir.

The people mentioned above are first grade relatives of our clients.
Because there has been no news about said persons and because they
were last seen in Izmir, we directly addressed the public prosecutor
of the State Security Court (DGM) in Izmir, the chief prosecutor of
Izmir, the police headquarters and the gendarnerie stations in the
region on April 15, 1998, asking about their whereabouts. Without
result. 

The files of the prisons in Buca and Bergama didn't contain the names
of said persons either.

Because of the political qualities of our clients, fears are justified
that they have disappeared. 

Neslihan Uslu, daughter of Hatice and Ahmet, was born in 1968 in
Duezce. She has been the responsible chief editor of the opposition
magazine Devrimci Genclik (Revolutionary Youth), published in
Istanbul, for years. Because of this, she was repeatedly arrested by
the police, subjected to repression and constantly threatened with
death or disappearance. Neslihan Uslu was sentenced several times by
the State Security Council (DGM) in Istanbul, applying Anti-Terror Law
article 3713, because of her position as responsible chief editor. All
the sentences against her stem from trials against the press. 

Metin Andac, son of Asiye and Hamit, born in 1952 in Bergama/Izmir,
until now living in this regional municipality. He participated in
people's actions in Bergama against the gold mining, using cyanide, by
the firm Eurogold. Metin Andac was indicted by the State Security
Court in Izmir in the trial no. 1995/240, and condemned because of
membership of the DHKP-C. Because of this, he was detained for a long
time in the Buca prison. Metin Andac is very well known by the police.
He, and several persons around him, were constantly threatened with
death. He has two children an one grandchild. 

Hasan Aydogan stems from the village of Akarcay in Almus/Tokat. He is
24 years old.

Mehmet Mandal stems for the village of Menemen/Izmir, 40 years old and
living in the region. 

These people, mentioned above, are still being looked for. 

Regarding all the cases of disappearances in our country and the
participation of state servants in these, confirmed in the Susurluk
report, regarding the personalities of our clients, known to the
police and constantly threatened with death or disappearance, it
cannot be considered normal that nothing is known about the
whereabouts of these persons and that we have found no trace of them
in our inquiries. Regarding these facts, our fear increases that these
people were made "disappeared". 

In the light of our statements above, we demand from your
department/association, that the necessary inquiries are made by the
responsible institutions and offices and that we are informed about
the results and the actual situation. 

After we have concluded our own inquiries, we will inform the public
about it whether or not people have been made "disappeared" after
their arrest. 

With respect, 

Lawyer Metin Narin 
Lawyer Behic Asci

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