(Summary: Foreign Minister of Turkey Ismail Cem is in Brussels for talks with European officials. DHKC Brussels Information Bureau lists the massacres and torture of prisoners and more general attacks in Turkey, some of them during Cem's tenure of office, and calls on European officials to ask Cem about them during meetings with him.) THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKEY, ISMAIL CEM, IS IN BRUSSELS HIS TASK IS: TO COVER UP THE MASSACRES In Turkey, massacre, torture, rape and every kind of forcible deprivation of rights continues. The fascist MHP (Nationalist Movement Party), which is responsible for the massacre of thousands of people, is assuming its place as part of the government of Turkey. The fascist character of the MHP dominates the government. Massacres and tortures are an aspect of our country. It is the authorities who hold political power, the present government and the ministers of this government such as Ismail Cem who have created this picture of our country. In order to transform all the prisons in our country into "isolation cells", this government is behind new massacres in the prisons. The prisons in our country were always scenes of massacres. And today this is still the case . THE MASSACRES IN THE PRISONS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER: September 21, 1995: MASSACRE IN BUCA (IZMIR) On September 21, the prisoners Turan Kilic, Yusuf Bag and Ugur Sariaslan (note: DHKP-C prisoners) were beaten to death with wooden beams and clubs in Buca Prison. This massacre of prisoners, whose arms and legs were bound and who were behind four prison walls, is an expression of the bloody side of Turkey. The politics of massacre continue and those responsible for that are still in duty (!). And this is the aspect of Turkey with which Europe is reinforcing its cooperation. September 24, 1996: MASSACRE IN DIYARBAKIR On or around September 24, 10 prisoners, among them Ridvan Bulut, Edip Dilekci, Kadir Gümüs and Hakki Tekin, were killed with wooden beams (note: these were Kurdish nationalist prisoners). Their arms and legs were also bound, and they too were behind prison walls. Those responsible for the Diyarbakir massacre are also still on duty (!). The murdered prisoners are accused of having damaged the sticks and wooden beams of the state. With such a Turkey, Europe is reinforcing its cooperation. SEPTEMBER 26, 1999: MASSACRE IN ULUCANLAR (ANKARA) On September 26, 1999, 10 prisoners named Ahmet Savran, Ismet Kavaklioglu, Aziz Dönmez, Nevzat Ciftci, Ümit Altintas, Abuzer Cat, Zafer Kirbiyik, Mahir Emsalsiz, Önder Gencaslan and Halil Türker (note: prisoners from the DHKP-C and other revolutionary groups) were massacred with wooden beams, clubs and firearms. Those prisoners who were wounded in the hail of bullets were finished off by beating and torture. All that has been proven. But again, those responsible for the massacre in Ulucanlar still keep their positions (!) and enforce new attacks aimed at carrying out massacres. This is the Turkey that Europe wants to support. ISMAIL CEM: WAS THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE MURDEROUS GOVERNMENT ON SEPTEMBER 1999; HIS TASK WAS TO DEFEND THE MASSACRE. FOR THE SAME REASON, HE IS IN BRUSSELS ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000; ONCE MORE HIS TASK IS TO DEFEND THE MURDEROUS GOVERNMENT: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ismail Cem, who started his conversations with the Council of Europe on September 20, 2000, will meet with the chairperson of the Council of Europe, Prodi, today, September 21. Ismail Cem came here with blood in his hands. To shake his hands means to legitimise the massacres and be stained with the blood on his hands. It is the blood of the prisoners behind the walls of their jails. The hands of Ismail Cem are dirty, in fact not only through the massacres in the prisons but also through the deaths by torture, the rapes and the thousands of people murdered in the open street or in their houses. Honoured Mr Prodi, never forget the hands that you have shaken today. Our blood is stuck to those hands. Our blood has been spilled by the sadists and rapists. The fascist regime of our country has spilled our blood. It is blood and only blood that is flowing over your hands today. If you don't want to have the responsibility for all these massacres on your conscience, then you must take a stand against the inhuman methods of the fascist government of Turkey. Or, when you want you stroke your own children, do you want to smear this blood on them too; while saying you want to bring democracy to all Europe, do you want responsibility for this on your conscience? It is your decision. The responsibility lies with your conscience and yourself. HONOURED MR PRODI; TO FREE YOURSELF FROM THE HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY WEIGHING ON YOU, ASK AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO ISMAIL CEM: "HAS AN ULUCANLAR MASSACRE TAKEN PLACE IN YOUR COUNTRY? WHERE WERE YOU AT THE TIME OF THIS MASSACRE, WHAT WAS YOUR FUNCTION AT THAT MOMENT, WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO CONDEMN THIS INHUMAN MASSACRE, WHERE ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MASSACRE NOW, WHAT'S THEIR FUNCTION (!) TODAY?" THE DECISION IS UP TO YOU, HONOURED MR. PRODI September 21, 2000 DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT Information Bureau Brussels
