>From: "dhkc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [L-I] Statement by left-wing prisoners on Turkey's justice system > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Statement by CMK (Central Coordination of Prisons), which represents most of >Turkey's left-wing political prisoners. > >IT IS THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM THAT IS GUILTY!. IT IS NOT LEGITIMATE FOR >REVOLUTIONARIES TO BE JUDGED BY THIS SYSTEM!. >After an arrest warrant was issued for Fetullah Gulen (an Islamist >businessman whom the oligarchy in Turkey has used in the past to set up >schools and educational institutions in various parts of the world), and a >little while later this warrant was revoked, discussion of the bourgeoisie's >agenda continued. Then the Chief of the General Staff stated that "reaction" >(religious fundamentalism) was "oozing everywhere. Including into the >justice system". After this statement, the authorities who were in charge of >judicial institutions issued one explanation after another. Justice Minister >Turk said that nothing could be allowed to interfere with the justice >system. The spokesmen of the judges' and prosecutors' committees have joined >in this discussion, saying that without security investigations staff are >being assigned and arbitrarily reshuffled. >These discussions have been used to prepare the ground and been deliberately >initiated, showing us one basic point, namely that there is no justice in >this system and this system is a cul-de-sac. Everybody knows that justice is >the most sensitive point of this system. If you don't respond to the people' >s demand for justice, that means the ground under your feet will shake. >Those who rule this system have noticed that reality, calling for >"restructuring" in an attempt to change their image in order to regain the >appearance of legitimacy. Moreover, on the one hand they artificially put >fundamentalism on the agenda, while on the other they tried to introduce new >rules concerning civil servants in the discussion of the KHK (Decree on Law >Concerning Administrative Code). They tried to give legitimacy to that law, >which would make it possible to dismiss civil servants arbitrarily. This >also means that the army is sending the message, "be careful, we are in >control of bourgeois parties and governments." >This message is also the answer to the discussion "has February 28 come to >an end or not?" (February 28 was the date when the oligarchy, headed by the >army, adopted decisions restricting various freedoms, supposedly aimed at >the Islamists but in fact a wider attack.) >First of all we have to make it clear that the justice system is completely >opposed to the interests of the people. This system always makes decisions >against revolutionaries and the people. At the beginning the State Security >Court and the judicial institutions of whatever size, by receiving support >from the fascist constitution and laws, handing down jail sentences of >dozens of years while protecting those who are responsible for massacres all >over Turkey. As in the example of Ulucanlar, they want hundreds of years of >prison sentences and even the death penalty to be inflicted on prisoners who >survived the massacre. This justice system does not simply target the >revolutionaries. This system is an enemy of all peoples who are oppressed. >From prostitution to drugs, from murder to armed robbery to rape, the source >of all these crimes is this system and those who rule over this system. This >system produces crime and criminals. A lot of organisations called criminal >are actually run by the state, as was shown by Susurluk. Fascist murderers, >torturers, mafia gangs, army, police and politicians. the activities of the >Yuksekova gangs. Narcotics transported and distributed by the state. The >chief prosecutor of the State Security Court in Istanbul, Oktay Cakir, found >to be in league with the mafia. Judges and prosecutors who practise justice >by means of bribes. The justice system is immersed in filth from top to >bottom. So the "Balina" and "Matador" operations were carried out. So >throughout all institutions of government there were abuses such as cheque >and voucher fraud, "dodgy" deals involving SABANCI, KOC, KARAMEHMET and >ECZACIBASI. That is their state. These examples are not the work of >individuals, nor done by a few people. >This filth emanates from the centre of the state itself. Is it possible for >such a justice system to judge the rulers who are involved in all these >things? Of course not. Because this justice system is part of this >organisation. It is like giving a gift: narcotics smugglers are brought to >the State Security Courts, and it was in all the newspapers that there is a >kind of price list for being acquitted of such crimes; otherwise only a >short time will be spent in jail and the prisoner will be protected. >Everybody knows this. The system produces crime and cannot put a stop to >crime. To expect anything else would be against nature. The Justice Minister >says "nobody can interfere with the justice system", and on the one hand >pretends to be in love with the democratic system and on the other he >practices McCarthyism against revolutionaries with his laws. As if that wasn >'t enough, he is trying to introduce cell-type prisons to re-educate >revolutionary prisoners. Even though they try to hide these practices, they >have only one aim: to ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE FASCIST SYSTEM. The reality >is very clear: it is the system itself that is guilty and must be judged. >There is no justice in this system. This is a very clear reality. We do not >need to prove that - there are hundreds of examples. The system is based on >destroying the revolutionaries and the people and in this way to protect >itself. All governments, all coups are aimed at doing this for the system. >From yesterday to today, all their politics were directed against the >people, institutions and laws are treated as though they do not exist; the >justice system only exists as a shadow; all these institutions are >stillborn. >THIS IS OUR CALL; Cottarelli and the IMF determine economics and politics in >our country. The real agenda is set by the IMF and World Bank programmes, >and the results of these programmes burn into our flesh. Starvation, poverty >and unemployment; the sale of our wealth to imperialism and the >collaborators in our country; privatisation leading to mass dismissals from >work; the taking away of our rights and freedoms; bans on strikes, >supposedly in the public interest; and, in order to hem in an entire people, >F-Type CELL PRISONS. >Our people have the power and the ability to render null and void these >artificial agendas; we have no time to lose to put forward our own real >agenda in opposition to the agenda of the rulers. IT IS THE SYSTEM THAT IS >GUILTY! IT IS NOT LEGITIMATE TO JUDGE REVOLUTIONARIES AND THE PEOPLE >ACCORDING TO THIS SYSTEM! THE REAL JUDGE IS THE PEOPLE! >CENTRAL COORDINATION OF PRISONS (DHKP-C, TKP(ML), TKP/ML, TIKB, MLKP, >Direnis Hareketi (Resistance Movement), TKIP, and all the TDP, THKP-C/MLSPB, >Devrimci Yol prisoners. > > >_______________________________________________ >Leninist-International mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
