While we don't have the time to enter into major discussions on this or
indeed any other list, we will comment on a couple of things contained in
the message below.
Holberg claims in his argument with red-rebel that he has marched in
solidarity with more Stalinists from Turkey than red-rebel.
Well
Date: January 2, 2001 Statement: 143
THE STATE IS CONTINUING TO SLAUGHTER
RIZA POYRAZ WAS MARTYRED, STRIKING A BLOW AT THE FACE OF IMMORALITY AND LIES
On December 19, as in all the other prisons, the state attacked Umraniye
Prison with bullets and bombs. For days the heroes of our resistance gav
LIES: December 29
LIE 1: It has finished. it has not finished. it has finished. it has not
finished.
One day the Minister of Health said there was "no" Death Fast. The next day
the Justice Minister said 353 people were on the Death Fast.
Despite this statement, the media are continuing to produce
LIES - DECEMBER 25
LIE 1 - The lie of the government and the media in advertising the virtues
of the 'F' Type prisons. In fact the 'F' Type prisons are like Nazi camps!
Remember the TV pictures of these prisons. They were presented as being like
advertisements for "luxury hotels". They were making
Date: December 27, 2000 Statement: 139
THE PATHETIC AND MENDACIOUS GOVERNMENT'S LIE THAT "WE CAUSED THE DHKP-C
INTERNET SITE TO COLLAPSE"
"We also caused the DHKP-C's Internet site to collapse." This was the news
transmitted on all TV stations and published in the newspapers. This was
said in th
Not too long ago a decision was taken to join certain discussion lists with
a "left-wing" reputation. The reason was that we were keen to inform others
of our struggle and hopefully win solidarity for our struggle, and we also
wanted to read of political events elsewhere in the world. Because the
It is a curious fact that Trotskyists call a vast range of people and
movements "Stalinists" (everyone from Pol Pot to the wettest Eurocommunist)
but are very tight and restrictive when it comes to using the label
"fascist".
We will leave others to ponder why this is. We have better things to do.
Despite the enemy's thousands of police and gendarme murderers, despite
their bulldozers and gas bombs, the comrades in Umraniye and Canakkale
Prisons are still fighting on! AND EVEN THOSE WHO THEY HAVE MENTIONED TO GET
INTO HOSPITALS ARE FIGHTING ATTEMPTS TO TAKE THEM OFF THE DEATH FAST. TODAY
IS
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of protesters angered by violent clashes between
security forces and inmates in Turkish jails occupied the London offices of
the European Commission on Wednesday, witnesses said.
The protesters, described by police as Kurds, told Reuters in a brief
telephone call from th
By Joseph Logan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least four Turkish prisoners and two paramilitary
police have died in clashes after security forces stormed 20 jails to end a
hunger strike by mainly leftist inmates.
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said two Istanbul convicts had burned
themselves to death
By Joseph Logan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least one prisoner burned himself to death on
Tuesday as prison inmates fought Turkish security forces trying to end a
two-month hunger strike by more than 1,000 mainly leftist convicts,
officials said.
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk told reporters in Ank
THE DEATH TOLL IN TURKEY IS NOW SEVEN. IRFAN ORTAKCI (DHKP-C, CANKIRI
PRISON) AND AN UNKNOWN PRISONER IN BAYRAMPASA HAVE BEEN MARTYRED.
THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MANY MORE DEATHS.
THE REVOLUTIONARY MARTYRS ARE IMMORTAL!
DHKC LONDON INFORMATION BUREAU
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HASAN GUNGORMEZ (DHKP-C, CANKIRI PRISON) HAS BEEN MARTYRED.
SOME PRISONERS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE.
THE DEATH TOLL IS LIKELY TO CLIMB HIGHER.
THE REVOLUTIONARY MARTYRS ARE IMMORTAL!
DHKC LONDON INFORMATION BUREAU
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FOURTH MARTYR KNOWN IN PRISONS OF TURKEY
AHMET IBILI (DHKP-C),
UMRANIYE PRISON
THE REVOLUTIONARY MARTYRS ARE IMMORTAL!
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MURAT OZDEMIR OF THE DHKP-C MARTYRED IN BURSA PRISON
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TWO WOMEN PRISONERS OF THE DHKP-C, SEVGI ERDOGAN AND FIDAN KALSEN CONFIRMED
DEAD.
GUNFIRE HEARD INSIDE BAYRAMPASA PRISON, ISTANBUL.
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URGENT CALL FOR ACTION
At all of Turkey's prisons the state has started to massacre by using
weapons and bombs.
In all the prisons where the Death Fast resistance is taking place, this
morning an assault by the police and the military was started at 4 am.
This inhumane attack in the prisons where
OPEN LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN LEFT
TODAY IS THE 60TH DAY OF THE DEATH FAST RESISTANCE
In Turkey the revolutionary captives are prepared to die in their fight
against the introduction of isolation cells, but still the European Left
does nothing.
Since October 20 we have been asking the European Lef
THERE IS NO FORCE THAT CAN WITHSTAND THE RESOLVE OF OUR DEATH FAST RESISTERS
The Ecevit government, whose servile behaviour towards the IMF knows no
bounds, is continuing to take every available measure to break our Death
Fast resistance and obstruct the growing resistance by the people's
opposit
(Part two)
HEALTH REPORT ON DEATH FAST RESISTERS IN CANAKKALE PRISON
NAME, SURNAME: DAIMI ATES
DATE OF BIRTH: 1971
WEIGHT IN KILOS:
Start: 89
Now: 69
BLOOD PRESSURE: 9-6, 9.5-8, 11.5-8
PULSE: 54-76-84
BODY TEMPERATURE: 35.9, 36.6, 36.2
INTAKE OF LIQUIDS: 22 glasses
NAME, SURNAME: MUHARREM GUZEL
(First of two parts)
HEALTH REPORT BY TAYAD FAMILIES ON THE DEATH FAST RESISTERS ON DECEMBER 9,
2000 IN THE PRISONS OF BARTIN, BURSA, CEYHAN, CANAKKALE, CANKIRI, MALATYA,
USAK AND UMRANIYE
RESULTS OF HEALTH REPORTS ON DEATH FAST RESISTERS IN BARTIN PRISON
NAME, SURNAME: M. ERKAN CETIN
DATE OF BI
(Item found in the British newspaper "The Guardian" - online form)
Prison Hunger Strike Continues
Sunday December 17, 2000 4:20 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Dozens of prisoners on a 58-day hunger strike are near
death, a prisoners' group said Saturday.
Some 250 prisoners linked to left-wing groups
4 PM: THE LONDON OFFICES OF THE TURKISH DAILY NEWSPAPER HURRIYET HAVE BEEN
OCCUPIED BY IKM (COMMITTEE OF STRUGGLE AGAINST TORTURE THROUGH ISOLATION) IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THE PRISONERS IN TURKEY WHO ARE ON DAY 57 OF THEIR DEATH
FAST AGAINST ISOLATION CELLS.
THE ACTION IS STILL GOING ON.
HURRIYET IS
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
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
Nearly a thousand political prisoners started an Indefinite Hunger Strike on
October 20, 2000 against the introduction of isolation cells in Turkey, and
they turned this into a Death Fast on November 19. In reaction to
developments in Turkey, there have been solid
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
Nearly a thousand political prisoners started an Indefinite Hunger Strike on
October 20, 2000 against the introduction of isolation cells in Turkey, and
they turned this into a Death Fast on November 19. In reaction to
developments in Turkey, there have been solida
URGENT. URGENT. URGENT. URGENT.
December 8, 2000
Death Fast resister and TAYAD member Fatma Sener was arrested after a prison
visit on the 50th day of the Death Fast resistance in the prisons, TAYAD
member Fatma Sener has been arrested. Like three other relatives of
prisoners, she was on Day 25
THE COUNTDOWN TO DEATHS HAS STARTED!
1984: 4 martyrs
1996: 12 martyrs
2000: ?
49th day - December 7
50th day - December 8
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60th day - December 18
IT IS UP TO US TO PREVENT DEATHS!
In the prisons of Turkey, nearly 1,000 political prisoners started an
Indefinite Hunger Strike to oppose the 'F' Ty
RESULTS OF DAILY MEDICAL CHECK-UP OF FIRST DEATH FAST TEAM IN CANAKKALE
NAME, SURNAME: DAIMI ATES
Date of birth: 1971
BLOOD PRESSURE: 9-6, 11.5-8, 12-9
PULSE: 60, 72, 72
BODY TEMPERATURE: 36.1, 36.3, 36.4
WEIGHT IN KILOS BEFORE START OF RESISTANCE: 89
WEIGHT AT PRESENT: 70
SITUATION WITH REGARD
DAILY HEALTH REPORT OF FIRST DEATH FAST TEAM IN BAYRAMPASA PRISON,
November 30, 2000
1) ISMET UNVER
Date of birth: 1974
Weight in kilos: Before the start of the resistance: 65
Weight at present: 56
BLOOD PRESSURE:
High: 12
Low: 6.5
PULSE: 58
BODY TEMPERATURE: 35-36
SITUATION WITH REGARD TO TAKIN
(Here is a translation of the November 30 medical check-ups of the Death
Fasters. More recent reports are available in Turkish but have not yet been
translated. This report will be sent in three parts, as it is 80 KB.
DHKC London Information Bureau.)
(Part One)
BARTIN PRISON - FIRST DEATH FAST T
(Second part)
DECEMBER 1, 2000
No. 233
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO DEATH. THEY WILL DIE AFTER 17 DAYS. WE WILL
DIE.
While the Death Fast is in its 43rd day, four members of TAYAD are on the
18th day of the Death Fast, five prisoners' families are on the 11th day, in
Bursa three prisoners' fa
(First of two parts)
November 27, 2000
No. 226
21 days left before deaths occur. they will die. their demands are our
demands. we will die too.
This is the 39th day of the hunger strike which was started in the prisons.
We are on the 14th day of our Death Fast as the TAYAD families. We are
counti
FOR THE ATTENTION OF PUBLIC OPINION
On October 20, 825 prisoners in the jails of Turkey announced that they were
starting a hunger strike. What do these people want, why are they on hunger
strike? The reason is that they are compelled to by conditions. Nobody
submits their own body to death just
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
WE ARE STRENGTHENING OUR DEATH FAST ACTION WITH OUR SECOND DEATH FAST TEAM
The general resistance which we started on October 20 and which is
continuing in 18 prisons has now been escalated. Our resistance, which was
turned into a DEATH FAST on November 19 and who
APPEAL. APPEAL. APPEAL.
In Turkey, the Death Fast has gone past its 40th day. ABOUT TWELVE DAYS ARE
LEFT BEFORE PEOPLE START TO DIE!
In 13 prisons in our country, 99 prisoners and convicts have lain down to
die, as well as 10 members of prisoners' families outside the prisons. They
are marching t
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
WE WILL DESTROY THE ISOLATION CELLS WITH OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE
NO FORCE WILL BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS
The indefinite hunger strike that we started on October 20 was transformed
into a Death Fast in Bayrampasa, Usak, Ulucanlar, Buca and Ceyhan prisons by
Novembe
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
TALK OF AMNESTY AND DEMAGOGY ABOUT "THE ORGANISATIONS ARE FORCING THEM TO
RESIST" WILL NOT PREVENT THE VICTORY OF OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE
Since the start of the Indefinite Hunger Strike on October 20, 2000, which
turned into a Death Fast on November 19, 2000, th
A PROTEST AGAINST THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE TORTURERS' AND MURDERERS'
REGIME
On November 28, 2000, while the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Ismail Cem, was
making a speech he had been invited to make at the Foreign Affairs
Commission of the European Parliament in Brussels, two DHKC supporters got
TO PUBLIC OPINION
We, as political prisoners in the prisons of ULUCANLAR-ANKARA,
ADANA-KURKCULER, AYDIN, BARTIN, BAYRAMPASA, BUCA, BURSA, CEYHAN, CANAKKALE,
CANKIRI, ERMENEK, GEBZE, MALATYA, NEVSEHIR, NIGDE, USAK AND UMRANIYE who
started hunger strikes on the dates of October 20, 23 and 26, 2000,
Date: November 25, 2000 Statement: 132
OUR APPEAL TO THE WORLD
Our appeal is to all forces and institutions in the world which are on the
side of human rights, the law and justice and against fascism.
Resistance is continuing in the prisons of Turkey.
This resistance started on October 20 wh
TAYAD BROCHURE - FOURTH AND LAST FILE
IV SECTION
HOW CAN A HUMANE LIFE BE CREATED IN THE PRISONS?
We know what the authorities have said on this subject. THE CELL-TYPE
PRISONS, OR THE 'F' TYPES.
These prisons are ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED to isolate prisoners, strip them
of their identity. The ce
TAYAD BROCHURE - THIRD FILE
III SECTION
HOW DO WE APPROACH THE PROBLEMS IN THE PRISONS? WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED?
THE STATE says that
- "Reform" cannot be carried out of the overcrowded existing dormitories/ we
will carry out reforms.
- In the dormitories, there is repression by organisations, the
SECOND SECTION
WHAT SORT OF PROBLEM ARE THE PRISONS?
There is a prisons problem in this country. Who is saying this? With all
institutions, with all MPs, with all cabinet ministers, the government,
commissions, the military, police..
Who is saying this? The ruling classes, industrialists, busines
(Against the background of the Death Fast, here is a translation of a
pamphlet by the prisoners' support organisation TAYAD concerning the
situation of prisons and prisoners in Turkey. It is being sent in several
parts. DHKC London Information Bureau.)
(1)
WHAT KIND OF PRISONS? IN CONNECTION WITH
RESULTS OF DAILY MEDICAL CHECK-UP OF UMRANIYE PRISON DEATH FAST RESISTERS
CARRIED OUT ON NOVEMBER 21, 2000
In general salt and sugar intake is normal. It is not possible to determine
the weight in grams. Many of the fighters show signs of tiredness.
ALISAN SANLI
Time (of check-up): 1950
Blood pr
TO ALL EUROPEANS,
TORTURE IS BEING BROUGHT TO EUROPE
TORTURERS, RAPISTS AND MURDERERS ARE COMING TO EUROPE
The Hunger Strike, which was begun on October 20, 2000 in Turkey's prisons,
was converted into a Death Fast on November 19.
The demands are:
The closure of the 'F' Type cell prisons.
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HKC London Information Bureau
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From: "dhkcbureau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [L-I] Turkish hunger strike
> From: "Louis Pr
A few comments on the Reuters report:
Twelve, not eleven prisoners, died in the 1996 Death Fast. (Hayati Can of
the TKP(ML) died when the protest ended and he was being taken to hospital.)
One hundred prisoners (63 DHKP-C, 31 TKP(ML) and 6 TKIP) are on the Death
Fast now, but nearly 1,000 started
(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
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sing its neo-liberal demands. We are facing arabesk
liberalism
> combined with Turko-American jingoism. What does the Turkish left think
about
> these issues? I wonder.
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(This message is rather long so it is being divided into two parts)
TAYAD FAMILIES ARE CALLING YOU!
LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES! JOIN YOUR VOICES TO THEIRS!
October 14, 2000
No. 157
ONCE AGAIN, UNRESTRAINED ATTACKS IN GALATASARAY
To put a stop to the construction of the cells, to have the anti-terror
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TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
34th DAY OF DEATH FAST IN TURKEY'S PRISONS
DHKP-C, TKP(ML) AND TKIP PRISONERS,
WHO HAVE BE
(Forwarded)
November 19, 2000
LONG LIVE OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE!
The Indefinite Hunger Strike by DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation
Party-Front), TKP(ML) (Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)) and
TKIP (Communist Workers' Party of Turkey) prisoners in the jails of Turkey
which w
DEATH FAST RESISTERS SPEAK
The political prisoners and convicts who on October 20, 2000 started an
indefinite hunger strike action have turned it into a DEATH FAST since
November 19, 2000. The political prisoners are marching toward death, body
cell by body cell, in order to have the Cell-Type Pr
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
Against the fascist state in Turkey's attacks aimed at putting the "F" Type
(isolation cell) prisons into operation, the revolutionary prisoners in
Turkey have been on an Indefinite Hunger Strike since October 20, 2000.
Starting from Saturday November 18, they will
TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
DHKP-C, TKP(ML) AND TKIP PRISONERS,
WHO HAVE BEEN ON INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE SINCE OCTOBER 20, ARE TURNING
THEIR PROTEST INTO A DEATH FAST FROM
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 (THE 30TH DAY).
The fascist state started attacks aimed at putting the revolutionary
prisoners in
This is an interesting item posted by Johannes Schneider, "The Muslims the
German bourgeoisie loves to see", and we will add a few comments.
The FAZ article is indeed hypocritical. For example, it contrasts the
"relatively orderly" way the "Turkish left" marches on May Day with the way
the German
The revolutionary prisoners of the DHKP-C, TKP(ML) and TKIP have been on
hunger strike in the prisons of Turkey since October 20 in their fight
against the "F" Type isolation prisons.
In support of them, a hunger strike started on Saturday November 4 in
London. The hunger strikers have set up a sm
Date: November 1, 2000 Statement: 128
One of our sympathisers in First of May District, Sukru Saritas, has been
murdered.
THE MHP MURDERERS WILL PAY A PRICE!
The fascists are continuing to commit murder. For years the name of the MHP
(Nationalist Movement Party) has been associated with mur
(This is the English translation of the latest available statement by the
DHKP-C, TKP(ML) and TKIP prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey. Please note
that tomorrow, November 2, will be Day 14 of the hunger strike. L-I
subscribers are welcome to forward this statement and those that will come
on oth
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