(This is a reissue. It looks like last night when we tried to send the second part we actually sent the whole item by mistake, so it was too large for the system. We are reissuing the second part, and hopefully it will be small enough. DHKC London Information Bureau.) November 12, 2000 No. 198 OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE APPROACHING DEATH. TODAY IS THE 23RD DAY OF THE HUNGER STRIKE. AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN! Today is the 23rd day of the hunger strike in the prisons. With every passing day our offspring approach nearer to death. On the one hand, while they are playing the game of entering the European Union and claiming to be on the road to democratisation, while on the other hand repression and tyranny are being stepped up. Hunger, poverty and unemployment become worse every day while there are those in our country who lead lives of ease, carried aloft by green US dollars. Life has another face here: exactly a year ago, on November 12, some of our people were buried under a pile of concrete and lost their lives. And behind the destroyed walls in the hungry days of cold winters, our people are forgotten in tents. In our country where there is no justice, those who want a country of freedom and equality are tortured in the prison bath or their arms are severed from their bodies. What oppression is there that is like this? Whose justice do our sons and daughters want? Thousands of our people were killed in the (August 1999) earthquake, others live in poorly equipped tents that are dangerous to stay in when the weather is cold, and millions of our people live on the edge of hunger - where is their justice, who represents justice for them? In a place without justice, those who want justice are legitimate, and in a place of torture where honour is ground underfoot, what more honourable thing can there be than to resist tyranny? This honourable resistance is honour itself. We are proud of our children for the resistance they are conducting. We are on the side of our sons and daughters who represent justice. They want to confine the lives of all of us within the four walls of these cells. Let us not remain silent to those who are trying to destroy life. November 13, 2000 No. 199 TODAY IS THE 24TH DAY OF THE HUNGER STRIKE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS APPROACH A LITTLE NEARER TO DEATH EVERY DAY The hunger strike in the prisons, which is in its 24th day, is continuing. If the demands for the 'F' Type prisons to be closed are not accepted, the hunger strike will be transformed into a Death Fast. Our sons and daughters have started a just and honourable resistannce. In this world there is nothing more lofty and honourable than wanting justice instead of injustice and being prepared to pay the price for it, there is nothing more legitimate than resisting tyranny and oppression. Now our children are in the midst of an honourable resistance and are paying the price for it. We as the TAYAD families, will continue to be on the side of this just resistance and will not remain silent in the face of death. November 14, 2000 No. 200 ON THE 25TH DAY OF THE CONTINUING INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE TO CLOSE DOWN THE CELL-TYPE PRISONS, WE ARE ALSO SUBMITTING OUR BODIES TO HUNGER Today our sons and daughters are on the 25th day of their hunger strike. They will turn it into a Death Fast if their most human demands, for which they are paying the price of hunger, are not accepted. We are also submitting our bodies to hunger as part of this just resistance, and we will not permit our sons and daughters to be destroyed in the cells. Nor will we be spectators to the deaths of our greatly beloved sons and daughters. The resistance of our sons and daughters, who are prepared to pay the price of living in a human way, is also our resistance. Let us be on the side of those who have started this resistance to oppression and let us not remain silent about what they are going through. November 14, 2000 No. 201 THE DEMANDS OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, FOR WHICH WE TOO ARE GOING ON HUNGER STRIKE This is the 25th day of our children's hunger strike. The state is continuing to be insensitive, continuing not to offer a solution. These are the demands for which our children will die: The closure of the 'F' Type cell prisons. Law 3713 with all its consequences must be abolished. The Tripartite Protocol must be abolished. The State Security Courts and all the consequences flowing from them must be abolished. At regular intervals, the prisons must be supervised by delegations of lawyers, doctors, prisoners' families, representatives of relevant non-governmental organisations and the Association of Judicial Personnel. Those responsible for massacres in the prisons must be swiftly indicted and punished. Our friends who are suffering from various ailments or from the Death Fast or were wounded in operations in the prisons and have had no medical treatment are to be released. Those who tortured our sons and daughters when they were detained are to be put on trial in a manner accessible to public opinion. All anti-democratic laws which impede the struggle for people's democracy and freedom must be abolished, there must be an end to the oppression of the Kurdish nation and other national minorities. These demands by our children are very human ones. Everybody who is human wants to live under human conditions. While the state is already supposed to be guaranteeing all of these, our children are having to lay down and die for the sake of these rights. The desire for these things is shared by all human beings on the face of the earth. But the state is so far from having people live in such a way that it is stopping its ears to these human demands and is continuing to be a spectator to the death of our children. It was seen that for six months, when we were trying to have our voices heard, we were dragged along the streets by our hair and beaten. We are detained and put in jail. However much we cry out, they oppress us all the more. Just like our children, for the sake of a human life for our children and everybody, we are submitting our bodies to hunger. We mothers, spouses, siblings will not permit those we love to gradually waste away before our eyes. For this reason, four of those who are close to the prisoners are starting a hunger strike which they will turn into a Death Fast. Our sons and daughters' demands are also our demands. If the demands of our sons and daughters are not accepted, then we persons in all their families, no matter whether we are aged 7 or 70, will also lie down to die one by one. We call out to eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear, and hearts which do not feel. Today it is our children and those close to us, tomorrow it will be ordinary and political prisoners who are close to you; they are condemned to be worn down in the 'F' Type prisons. From today, join your voices to ours. Tomorrow, do not be put in the same situation for the sake of leading a human life. THE DEMANDS OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE OUR DEMANDS, LONG LIVE OUR INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE RESISTANCE! (The place where the hunger strike is taking place: Ayazpasa District, Ayazpasa Mosque Street, Saray Apartment No. 4, Taksim (the house of Bilgesu Erenus). November 15, 2000 No. 202 OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE CONTINUING THE HUNGER STRIKE THEY STARTED 26 DAYS AGO. WE TOO HAVE SUBMITTED OUR BODIES TO HUNGER Today is the 26th day of the hunger strike. The hunger strike will continue until our demands for the closure of the cell-type prisons are accepted. We will not remain spectators to the deaths of our sons and daughters. For this, we, like them have submitted our bodies to hunger. This is the second day of our hunger strike. What kind of country is this; where we have to pay a price with our bodies for the most basic human demands. We, for wanting justice in place of injustice, and saying we want an end to oppression, are submitting our bodies to hunger. They are killing our children before our eyes for making the most basic demands. And they want us to be spectators to it. In Ulucanlar they killed our children in the prison bathhouse, using torture, in Burdur they cut off arms and now they are trying to complete their work in the cells. And they want us to go into the cells. Because of this they are afraid whenever we go into the streets shouting, "Our children are dying," and for standing by our children we are oppressed even more, they want us to stay at home and be mere spectators, contrary to all notions of humanity. Yesterday we did not leave our children isolated, we supported them by submitting our own bodies to hunger. Because resisting oppression is the most honourable duty. Like our children, we will take our place in this honourable resistance. We appeal to everyone to not remain insensitive in the face of this repression. November 16, 2000 No. 203 DAYS OF READING ON THE DEATH FAST On Wednesday November 15 at 5 pm, Pinar Kur, the authoress of the novel "Bir Dile Agac" ("A Tree to a Language"), paid a visit to the four TAYAD (Association for Aiding Prisoners' Families) mothers who are on hunger strike, and announced that she was reading a chapter from her book in support of them. After Pinar Kur ended her visit to the mothers, she announced that in the 26th day of the hunger strike in the prisons, to make sensitivity greater she would join in the death fast of the mothers for a day as a gesture of support. November 16, 2000 No. 204 TO CREATE A NEW LIFE; OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS DAY BY DAY ARE APPROACHING DEATH Today the indefinite hunger strike in the prisons to close the cell-type prisons is continuing in its 27th day. Day by day they are approaching death. Death for our greatly beloved sons and daughters. We know that our sons and daughters will die. How many times have we seen blood-spattered corpses behind prison walls, how many times have their bodies been worn down cell by cell. And they embraced death. "Those who do not know the value of life do not know how to die for their homeland," was said by those who sacrificed themselves without hesitation. In the 1984 and 1996 Death Fasts and at Ulucanlar. To create a new life. Now they will pay this price again. We will not remain silent to the deaths of our sons and daughters and have submitted our own bodies to hunger. Today is the 3rd day of our hunger strike. We will start a Death Fast. We will not remain silent to the attempts to destroy our sons and daughters in the cells and we will not permit this. November 17, 2000 No. 205 TODAY AT 1300, WE WILL BE IN FRONT OF SULTANAHMET JUSTICE BUILDING Despite this being the 28th day of the indefinite hunger strike begun to close the 'F' Type prisons and to demand every manner of human, democratic right and freedom, they are persistently and stubbornly refusing to accept these reasonable demands, and to make it clear to them that they are guilty if deaths or permanent disablement arises, we will be in front of the Sultanahmet Justice building at 1300 today to accuse. We appeal to the press to make note of the indictment by the prisoners' families. November 17, 2000 No. 206 PAY HEED TO THIS VOICE! Tyranny, plunder, pillage. Again our sons and daughters experience bitterness and death. Pay heed to it! This is the voice of our children's pain, the voice of their death! So that our sons and daughters do not start to die, and so that they do not turn their indefinite hunger strike into a Death Fast in three days' time, support them, speak up for them! Do not let our sons and daughters die! Below is the text of the message containing the demands of our sons and daughters with regard to the indefinite hunger strike and Death Fast which has been sent to the Justice Ministry. "TO THE JUSTICE MINISTRY, ANKARA I (name) started an indefinite hunger strike resistance on October . for the sake of the demands given below. In the event that, during my Indefinite Hunger Strike and Death Fast resistance, I lose consciousness and am unable to take decisions for myself, if the demands for which we are resisting have not been accepted and our resistance does not produce a result, I refuse to accept any form of medical intervention. At the moment of writing this text, I am in full possession of my faculties and am able to take decisions for myself. MY HUNGER STRIKE DEMANDS >From today, the construction of the 'F' Type prisons must stop. No. 3713, the Anti-Terror Law, must be abolished, along with all its consequences. The "Tripartite Protocol" signed by the Justice, Interior and Health Ministries must be cancelled. The State Security Courts must be abolished, all the sentences passed by them and their consequences must be quashed. At regular intervals, the prisons must be supervised by delegations of lawyers, doctors, prisoners' families, representatives of relevant non-governmental organisations and the Association of Judicial Personnel. These checks should not be interfered with arbitrarily and must have legal protection. Those responsible for killing and injuring our friends on September 21, 1995 in BUCA, on January 4, 1996 in UMRANIYE, on September 26, 1999 in ULUCANLAR, and on July 5, 2000 in BURDUR must be punished in a manner accessible to public opinion. Our friends suffering from various illnesses, who have complications arising from the 1996 Death Fast or who were wounded in various operations and who have been denied treatment must immediately be released. Those who in various places and at various dates subjected us to torture must be revealed to the public, and must be quickly judged and punished in a manner accessible to public opinion. All anti-democratic laws meant to bar the peoples' struggle for democracy and freedom must be abolished, and the oppression of the Kurds and other minorities must be ended. NAME SIGNATURE November 17, 2000 No. 207 OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO STARTED AN INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE FOR JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM ARE ON THEIR 28TH DAY Today our sons and daughters are on the 28th day of an indefinite hunger strike. What do our sons and daughters want? They want the closure of the 'F' Type prisons which are now accepted by all as being a form of torture. They want our friends, who have been abandoned to silent death by denying them medical treatment, to receive this treatment. They want the removal of illegality the removal of obstacles placed to their receiving a legal defence. They want the punishment of those responsible for torturing and murdering them in the prisons. They want justice, democracy and freedom in this country. For all this, our sons and daughters have been on hunger strike for 28 days. These demands are just and legitimate. Those who want to turn this land into a hell by paying no heed to these demands were accused by us today at 1300. We appeal to all to join us in the struggle for justice, democracy and freedom and support our sons and daughters who are on the indefinite hunger strike. November 18, 2000 No. 208 TODAY THE INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE RESISTANCE BY OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IS IN ITS 29TH DAY THEY WILL START A DEATH FAST BECAUSE THEIR DEMANDS HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED Today is the 29th day of our hunger strike. In a day's time, our sons and daughters will turn their hunger strike into a Death Fast. For months we have been saying that our sons and daughters will die. We were detained, we were dragged along the ground by our hair. They want us to remain mere spectators to what is happening to our sons and daughters. When we stand by them we have been greatly oppressed. But still, we have not remained silent. Because we are their mothers. How could they expect us to remain silent? In spite of these being the most human demands, demands anybody could accept. Do our sons and daughters want a great deal? For wanting an extra ward, they have been killed by torture in the prison bathhouse, or have had their arms torn off so dogs could walk around with the severed human limb in their mouths. Tyranny towards our sons and daughters is deemed to be permissible, and now they have built cells and want to put them in these cells. Is it not just to want justice instead of injustice, to oppose torture rather than accepting it? Who is capable of defending torture and injustice? We, as TAYAD families, to support this just resistance, have submitted our bodies to hunger. Today is the 5th day. Like our sons and daughters we will die but we will not permit the cells to be introduced. We will start a Death Fast. November 18, 2000 No. 209 ATTACK AND DETENTIONS AT GALATASARAY In 13 prisons, nearly 1,000 prisoners who are on the 29th day of the indefinite hunger strike will tomorrow transform their protest into a Death Fast. The TAYAD families are on the 5th day of their hunger strike alongside their sons and daughters who have lain down to die. For months, so as not to repeat the experiences of 1996, families and friends of prisoners have been in front of Galatasaray High School. On every occasion they were beaten and dragged along the ground but nothing could stop them from going to Galatasaray and nothing could stop them from supporting their sons and daughters. Today, once again, the families and friends of prisoners were in front of Galatasaray. Once again they were savagely assaulted. In the months to come, they will savagely assault our families again. We families are today supporting the sons and daughters by our readiness to die with them. We are indignant over the attack in front of Galatasaray High School and we demand the immediate release of those who have been detained. November 19, 2000 No. 210 BE BLIND AND DO NOT SEE. BE DEAF AND DO NOT HEAR. BE TONGUELESS AND DO NOT SPEAK. THEY WILL DIE, WE WILL DIE. Today, our sons and daughters, who are on the 30th day of the indefinite hunger strike started to have the 'F' Type prisons closed, turned their protest into a DEATH FAST. While the resistance is continuing in all prisons we learn that the health situation of our sons and daughters is gradually deteriorating. What do our children, our spouses, our siblings, our friends want? They want an honourable life and justice. Justice instead of injustice. For this they have submitted their bodies to hunger. Again they will pay a price. We know that the state wants to exact a price for the most basic human rights. It is necessary to die to create a new life for this country. If it is necessary to die, we are ready to die. Like those who are close to us. And today, like our sons and daughters we are turning the 6th day of our hunger strike resistance into a DEATH FAST. We do not want our sons and daughters to die. But enough is enough! For months we have been in the streets, we have been beaten, we have been arrested but we have never been silent. Every day the state has come up with new lies. So your deafness has had no impact on our sons and daughters? In Ulucanlar, you didn't torture our children to death in the bathhouse, in Burdur, you didn't feed a prisoner's severed arm to a dog? And once again they will die. Again be blind, do not see. be deaf, do not hear. Be tongueless and do not speak. Below are the demands in writing for which we are going to decisively continue our Death Fast action until they are accepted: THE DEMANDS OF OUR DEATH FAST ACTION: The closure of the 'F' Type prisons The abolition of the Anti-Terror Law No. 3713 and all its consequences The lifting of the Tripartite Protocol The closing of the State Security Courts The bringing to trial of those responsible for the massacre of and severe injury to prisoners at Buca, Umraniye, Diyarbakir, Ulucanlar and Burdur prisons The release of those prisoners who suffer from illness, the effects of the 1996 Death Fast or were wounded in various operations in the prisons and were not given medical treatment The bringing to trial of the torturers The cancellation of all anti-democratic laws serving as a barrier to the struggle for democracy and freedom, and an end to repression. The names of those TAYAD family members who are on the Death Fast at the Gumussuy home of Bilgesu Erenus: Gulsuman Ada, Senay Hanoglu, Sukran Agdas and Fatma Sener The names of those prisoners and convicts who have gone on the Death Fast: UMRANIYE PRISON DHKP-C Trial prisoners: Ahmet Ibili, Ahmet Ozdemir, Ergul Acer, Yildiz Gemicioglu, Zehra Kurtay, Umus Sahingoz, Zeynep Arikan, Gulay Kavak, Mehmet Zincir, Muharrem Genc, Veli Gunes, Hasan Pinar, Osman Osmanagaoglu, Ali Sanli, Ali Riza Demir TKP(ML) Trial prisoners: Durmus Kurt, Mehmet Kerem, Cem Yildiz, Ozgur Ayrilmaz, Yasar Yagan TKIP Trial prisoner: Servet Paksoy CANKIRI PRISON: DHKP-C Trial prisoners: Hasan Gungormez, Irfan Ortakci, Cihan Seker, Temel Cagirtekin, Ozgur Soner TKIP Trial prisoner: Muharrem Kursun BURSA PRISON: DHKP-C Trial prisoners: Erdal Arikan, Murat Ozdemir, Mesut Ors TKP(ML) Trial prisoners: Orhan Budak, A. Ihsan Ozkan, Erdal Cetinkaya, Ali Kocmen, Adil Kaplan, Ozgur Kocak, Yusuf Karaca AYDIN PRISON: DHKP-C Trial prisoners: Sinan Eren, Suat Karabulut, Burhan Gardas November 19, 2000 No. 211 PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK AYDIN PRISON There has been a concentration of military in front of Aydin Prison since 1400 hours. Well-equipped soldiers got up like robocops have come from Izmir and the situation is that they seem to be preparing a new attack. Lawyers and families are waiting in front of the prison and are trying to persuade the soldiers, but no explanation has been given for why they are there. Let us not permit those who intend to massacre our sons and daughters, who have turned their indefinite hunger strike into a Death Fast to back their just demands, to carry out a slaughter. We appeal to all sensitive public opinion to support our sons and daughters. 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