>Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:21:03 +0200 >From: DHKC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: December 13, 2000 Statement: 133 > >THE FASCIST AUTHORITIES' ATTACKS AND PROVOCATIONS CANNOT BREAK THE DEATH > >FAST RESISTANCE > >On December 11, 2000, the Prime Minister of Turkey, ECEVIT, gave the >order >to attack. The MHP (Nationalist Movement Party - "Grey Wolves") were >used as >a strike force in these attacks. All governing parties took a share in >this >plan of attack. On the one side, Ecevit's government was giving the >impression to public opinion, both domestic and international, that they > >were sensitive and wanted a solution, while on the other it gave the >order >to launch an assault. On December 11, Ecevit's real face was revealed. >Ecevit threatened everyone who supported the Death Fast resistance - >people, >the press, everyone. He said, "While public opinion remains interested >in >this Death Fast resistance, it will not come to an end." The meaning of >this >is that "nobody should engage in democratic opposition and nobody should > >react to anything, and no media organs should write or say anything >about >the Death Fast." This reality must not be expressed, and any massacre >and >torture can take place in complete silence. People could be put in the >'F' >Type prisons, be tortured there, have their minds destroyed and nobody >would >know about it. The press would have no power and they would be in the >habit >of taking orders from the murderous authorities and engaging in >counter-propaganda in the interests of the system. The people would be >starved of information except for a series of lies concocted about the >Death >Fast resisters. >But the reality was a death-bed. Those who were marching towards death >were >also speaking. No demagogy and lies can be more effective than this >march >towards death. The resisters exposed the real face of the authorities >with >their power. This state which places no value on people or the country >is >helpless, fearful and mendacious. It was trying to smear the Death Fast >resisters. The state was saying to the Death Fast resisters: "Don't pity > >yourselves." But none of the Death Fast resisters listened to the >state's >call. They have no beliefs and values to die for, unlike the Death Fast >resisters. The Death Fast resisters want nothing for themselves. They >only >want a democratic and independent country. They were not engaging in >demagogy and they were not telling lies. They never engaged in >blackmail. In >every statement on their deathbeds, they repeated, "WE WILL DIE BUT WE >WILL >NOT SURRENDER TO FASCISM." There is no other light, power or reality in >the >world than this. That is why Ecevit and the lies recorded by his fascist > >partners in government lost credibility, not in days but even within >hours. >Those who are accustomed to telling lies and demagogy call what they do >"psychological warfare", and their litany of lies is endless. They >deceitfully called upon the Death Fast resisters' families, talking >endlessly of the value of life and humanitarianism and claiming they >were >defending the lives of the prisoners. Themselves stupid and illiterate, >they >tried to make other people the same. It was as though these prisoners' >families did not live in this country, as if the authorities had not >massacred thousands of people - old and young, men women and children - >without discrimination. They massacred, made people disappear, tortured, > >detained and then again massacred those that they had put in prison. >Turkey >was steeped in blood. The prisons in Turkey were filled to the brim with > >revolutionaries. And now, these same people were appealing to the >mothers >and fathers of prisoners. Those making such calls, whether in government >or >opposition, have massacred and tortured us. They are murderers and >torturers, and everything is clearly visible. The families of the >resisters >knew very well that this was the naked reality. They couldn't bribe, >they >couldn't deceive any of the families. The attacks on the Death Fast >started >on December 12, taking a form just like those before the September 12, >1980 >coup, during the Nationalist Front government. Ecevit, together with the >MHP >fascists, to break the Death Fast resistance attacked the families and >relatives and other forces of the people supporting them. During this >attack, the police and the MHP organised in the ranks of the police were >the >real architect of the attacks. It was just like the Nationalist Front >times, >when the fascists attacked the people together with the police. Together > >they destroyed the buildings and offices of the parties which are on the > >side of the people. These official and civilian fascist attacks went on >for >hours in full view of the world's media. And here the government had the > >same role as in the Nationalist Front before September 12. Fascist >attacks >and massacres were not limited to this. Outside Turkey, in many European > >countries there are actions to support the Death Fasters and hunger >strikes >are taking place in tents; the MHP fascists abroad have attacked them. >In >Holland, as a result of the fascist attacks one of our supporters, Cafer > >Dereli, was slain. >All these attacks were on the same day, at the same time, on the order >of >the same fascist centres. The directives of Ecevit were carried out >through >these attacks. In these attacks on December 12, Ecevit wanted to divert >"public opinion" from what was happening. The fascists who collaborate >with >imperialism have no conception of what it means to lay down and die in >order >to obtain rights and freedom. In these attacks the fascists want to HALT >THE >GROWTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION WHICH IS GROWING IN ALL PARTS OF THE > >COUNTRY. The mass of the people resisted the attacks with the same >determination shown by the prisoners who had lain down to die. Neither >the >government's water cannons, nor the Rapid Reaction police pulling guns >from >their waistbands and waving them in the air, shouting, "When will we get >to >use these? When we die?", nor the ignorant lumpens and derelicts of the >MHP >can break the people's resistance. This fascist government has nothing >to >give the people and has no ability to form arguments that can convince >the >people, and it is in fear because of the people's movement which is >growing >every day. During this attack, the first aim was to break the resistance >of >the Death Fasters, who are going on with the same determination as >before. >The government, which derives its power from imperialism and its own >massacres, wants to spread a wave of terror, and then silently put the >prisoners in the 'F' Type prisons, but the strength of the resistance >frustrated their calculations. >Hundreds of our people have lain down to die. Dozens of revolutionaries >have >been killed in the prisons. But that did not make the prisoners >surrender. >And now there is an example of struggle such as the world has never seen > >before. In 1984, our prisoners gave four martyrs while resisting the >violence of the 1980 military junta. In 1996, giving 12 martyrs, the >prisoners created the same legend of resistance. By overwhelming the >enemy's >lies and demagogy, they have caused almost every section of the people >to >mock the things the government comes out with. The prisoners in the >Death >Fast resistance of the year 2000 have a rich inheritance of not being >defeated no matter what forces were assembled against them, and of >giving >without counting the cost. They have created a tradition, the like of >which >has not been seen in world history. They have exhibited strength of >conviction and resolve, the like of which has not been seen in world >history. >HUNDREDS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN HAVE LAIN DOWN TO DIE ON THE DEATH FAST. >The authorities have failed to learn a lesson from history. The >government >officials in question, who only pay heed to imperialism, reckoned they >could >break the resistance with threats and demagogy. For years they have been > >unrestrained in carrying out massacres, torture and disappearances, and >they >supposed that in this way they could frighten people into not supporting >the >prisoners. >While the authorities dreamed that "we have destroyed the >revolutionaries, >henceforth the programmes of imperialism can be implemented without much > >trouble, we can be a strike force of imperialism in the area", those who >lay >down to die showed that they would not leave this country to be taken >over >by imperialism and would resist oppression against the people, and >resist >for a decent life for the people. >Those who have lain down to die have lain down to die in all four >corners of >the country. All those who live in this land and love their people and >country, take a look at the map of Turkey: >PRISONERS IN JAILS IN ALL FOUR CORNERS OF TURKEY HAVE LAIN DOWN TO DIE. >Previously no-one believed it. Despite experiences and the lessons of >history, they thought people could be killed silently. >When that proved insufficient, they tried to destroy them with threats >and >blackmail. >The people have slowly begun to build a barricade around those who have >lain >down to die in all four corners of Turkey. This barricade has grown >bigger >with each passing day and new barricades have been joined to it. >And now this is the real fear of the authorities. >In Turkey, the people have not been destroyed. The authorities could not > >take and put into practice the decisions they wanted. >The people have come out in support of the prisoners. If the prisoners >are >putting their lives in the balance, we too are being beaten with clubs, >detained and arrested. Our intellectuals and artists have given support. >The >tired, the frightened, those afraid of torture, bullets and prison who >were >surrendering have started to regain their courage. The people's support >for >the prisoners is growing. A DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION MOVEMENT HAS BEGUN TO >BE >CREATED AROUND THOSE WHO HAVE LAIN DOWN TO DIE. >No revolutionary, no opponent of the system, nobody who wants democracy >and >justice can remain indifferent to the demands of those who have lain >down to >die or are resolved to do so in their turn. And this is exactly the >point at >which the authorities have deployed the fascist MHP in their plan of >attack. >But these attacks too have not achieved their aim. The fascist >authorities >did not defeat or intimidate anyone with this attack, they did not shake >the >determination of those who have lain down to die. Quite on the contrary: >the >authorities' fascist face and concept of how to rule has been exposed, >their >lies and demagogy have been laid bare for all to see. The "Grey Wolves" >hand >signals, the chants of "Allah Allah" by police and fascists when they >are >attacking the people have been shown in all their clarity to the entire >world. The authorities have completely given way to the fascist MHP. >Whatever the internal contradictions in the government, it is putting in > >practice MHP policies and is under MHP direction. The fascist MHP's open > >cooperation with the police in attacking the people and the authorities' > >approval of this shows how much they feel they need MHP policies. It is >legitimate to resist and raise higher the struggle against this fascist >policy in every area. The demands of those who have lain down to die are >the >demands of the people. Their struggle is for what is right and for >freedom. >Those who carry out provocations and attacks will not cause those who >have >lain down to die to abandon their resistance, nor will they be able to >stop >the people from struggling for justice and freedom. We warn the fascist >gangs! If you continue to attack the people and the people's resistance, > >reverting to the role you played before the September 12, 1980 military >coup, you will be responsible for giving rise to a battle which will >spread >throughout the land. >Before September 12, you were set in motion by the orders of the CIA and >the >contra-guerrillas. You were used. This is why you committed thousands of > >murders. Now the same forces are using you again. If you continue it is >quite natural that the people will defend themselves. Never forget how >the >September 12 generals used you and then threw you in prison when you had > >ceased to be useful. >We warn the authorities. Abandon your attacks and provocations. Accept >the >prisoners' demands before another hour passes. Deaths are just round the > >corner. Those who have lain down to die are continuing to speak. YOU CAN >BE >CERTAIN THAT THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LAIN DOWN TO DIE WILL BECOME >EVEN >LOUDER. >Be certain that those hundreds who have lain down to die, both inside >and >outside the prisons, will not withdraw. >EVERYWHERE LET US RESIST THE ATTACKS OF THE FASCIST AUTHORITIES! >LET US RAISE THE STRUGGLE HIGHER WITH OUR DEATH FAST FIGHTERS! HEROES >WILL >NOT DIE AND THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED! > >DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI >(REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT) > >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=iso-8859-9; > name="dhkc.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for DHKC >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="dhkc.vcf" > >begin:vcard >n:;dhkc >tel;fax:0032-2-2802229 >x-mozilla-html:FALSE >url:www.dhkc.org >adr:;;;;;; >version:2.1 >email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >fn:dhkc >end:vcard > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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