>DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI >AVRUPA TEMSILCILI�I > >REVOLUTONARY PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT > >EUROPEAN REPRESENTATION > >June 3, 2000 > > >TURKEY IS A COUNTRY OF EXECUTIONS >DEATH SENTENCES CONTINUE TO BE PASSED ON THE DEFENCELESS > >The courts of Turkey are continuing to pass death sentences. >They are passing death sentences without even giving the opportunity to >present a defence. > >The fascist authorities in Turkey are trying to conceal their true face with >lies about "democratisation". Their true face is TORTURE, MASSACRES, >DISAPPEARANCES and DEATH SENTENCES. > >One more of the hundreds of pending State Security Court (DGM) dossiers >involving the passing of death sentences, which are not treated as >legitimate by either our people or the peoples of the world, has just >concluded. > >On May 31 the Izmir State Security Court held a session in which, six >revolutionaries WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH among them Dutch citizen Gursel >Akmaz. That these sentences were passed without any of those condemned >having carried out any sort of action is the latest example of how the law >in Turkey operates. The court did not even think it necessary for either the >lawyers or the prisoners to have the opportunity to make a defence. The law >in Turkey also takes away and bans prisoners' rights to a defence. For the >State Security Courts, a defence is a luxury, something unnecessary. In the >courts of Turkey a defence is not necessary. In the courts of Susurluk, the >verdicts have been determined in advance. Court sessions are nothing other >than a formality. In Turkey, revolutionaries have been punished or given >death sentences in hundreds of trials without having a defence. >Under what law can a death sentence be passed without the right to a defence >being granted? In Turkey, death sentences are as cheap as this. Law, >justice, evidence� none of these things are necessary. Wanting democracy, >being a revolutionary, opposing fascism are all enough to receive a death >sentence. > >A defence is not even felt to be necessary. Because to them a defence >means "making communist propaganda and defending their organisations". For >this reason, for years revolutionaries' right to a defence has been >curtailed. > >Will Europe and Holland, which claim to be against the death penalty, not >examine the dossier of Gursel Akmaz? Do they not want information about one >of their own citizens? > >There has been wailing and screaming in the press vis-�-vis the Belgian >government, �Why did they not hand over Fehriye Erdal?�, and they >disseminated news and tried to apply pressure concerning someone who has no >chance of receiving a fair trial in Turkey. > >They say, "Hand over Fehriye Erdal so we can pass a death sentence." >They say, "Hand over Fehriye Erdal, let�s pass a death sentence without even >allowing a defence." >They say, "Hand over Fehriye Erdal, we can get the mafia to kill her without >even resorting to court proceedings." >They say, "Hand over Fehriye Erdal, so we can torture her." > >This is the reason why the fascist authorities and the oligarchy in Turkey >are whining. > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".signature" > >Press Agency Ozgurluk >In Support of the Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey and Kurdistan >http://www.ozgurluk.org > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
