We observe with concern
the aggressive and warmongering policy of Turkey, in the interior as well as in
the exterior. The AKP government and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned to
strangling liberty which is a menace to all the civil liberties, especially the
freedom of opinion and press.
The attempted coup on the
July 15, represented a “gift of god” for Erdogan, just as he called it himself.
He used it in order to accelerate the installation of a single-party and
single-person dictatorship.
The state of emergency,
which has been decreed after the attempted coup served to suffocate the entire
opposition against the reactionary policy, accelerating the establishment of
Erdogan’s presidential regime, in order to concentrate all power in his hands.
This also means, he is
beginning to attack the democratic Kurdish forces in the interior of Turkey, as
well as beyond its borders. Furthermore he attacks the democratic TV stations
rightly denouncing this reactionary policy, especially the TV station of the
workers Hayatin Sesi TV. Today, dozens of TV and radio stations, as well as
newspapers are banned. Dozens of journalists are imprisoned. The basic freedoms
of thousands of trade union activists are being destroyed. The right of the
entire opposition's freedom of expression is being trampled down.
We declare our solidarity
with all the struggles which are threatened by oppression due to the state of
emergency and the “decree-laws”!
We demand with
determination to defend all democratic rights!
We make an appeal to all
democrats, trade unionists, journalists and human right activists to express
their solidarity, to demand liberty for the Turkish press, to demand that all
media can work without oppression and to free all imprisoned journalists!
October, 2016
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