TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION Before the eyes of public opinion in Turkey and the entire world, the state once again showed its murderous face towards the resistance which had started in 20 prisons on October 20, 2000 with an Indefinite Hunger Strike and which was gradually turned into a Death Fast from November 19. Although our demands were very concrete and just, the state gave obscure and vague replies to these demands, and by saying "We have postponed the 'F' Type prisons, finish the resistance," it sought to distract us, and broke off negotiations. It carried out the attack and massacre which it called "Return to Life", a massacre which it had said it had been "preparing for about a year", and which was carried out not long after the state said it was "postponing" the 'F' Type prisons. Once again it was seen how much the state's words are merely lies. On December 19 in 20 prisons, all revolutionary prisoners were attacked and 28 of our people were slaughtered, dozens left handicapped and hundreds wounded. The state's aim with this attack was to break the resistance of revolutionary prisoners. But it did not happen as the state expected. In the prisons all the revolutionary prisoners responded with resistance to this attack aimed at annihilating them. Following the attack, we were subjected to systematic torture, put in the 'F ' Type prisons and isolated. The state officials who spread the lie that we had resisted (in the old prisons) because of "pressure from organisations and had been compelled against our will" were given a response when, even in the 'F' Type conditions, our just and honourable resistance could not be broken, we showed that we would never accept 'F' Type isolation, new people joined the Death Fast and all revolutionary prisoners continued the Indefinite Hunger Strike en masse. All who are on the side of the people, justice, democracy and freedom can and must not remain silent witnesses to what we have experienced. ONCE AGAIN WE ANNOUNCE THAT, We will never accept 'F' Type isolation. Our resistance will go on until our demands are accepted, whatever the price that is paid. With resistance, we will emerge victorious from the 'F' Type prisons. Those who just stood by and watched and preferred to remain silent towards our resistance, and the state above all, will be responsible for the price we paid and will pay. Sooner or later, history will demand a reckoning for this. We appeal to all sensitive, democratic, progressive, intellectual and revolutionary public opinion to support our just and honourable resistance. WE WILL DESTROY THE 'F' TYPE ISOLATION CELLS! LONG LIVE OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE! LONG LIVE OUR GENERAL RESISTANCE! DOWN WITH FASCISM, LONG LIVE OUR STRUGGLE! WE WILL WIN, OUR PEOPLE WILL WIN! January 29, 2001 Ahmet Ozdemir, Cem Yildiz, Duygu Mutlu, Nezahat Turan, Hasan Yuksel, Kerim Tepeli, Siddik Ozcelik, Cafer Kurt, in the name of the DHKP-C, TKP(ML), TKIP, TKP/ML, MLSPB, MLKP, TIKB, TDP and TKP-Kivilcim Trial prisoners [DHKP-C - Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front TKP(ML) and TKP/ML - Communist Party of Turkey Marxist-Leninist TKIP - Communist Workers' Party of Turkey MLSPB - Marxist-Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit MLKP - Marxist-Leninist Communist Party TIKB - Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey TDP - Revolution Party of Turkey TKP-Kivilcim - Communist Party of Turkey-Spark.]
