20.07.1995

Turkish paper banned

THE TURKISH daily newspaper Evrensel, distributed in Turkey and Europe, launched its publication on June 7 1995, aiming to be the voice of the opposition sectors of society. It has been banned five times already and copies confiscated.

The latest issues which were banned by the Istanbul State Security Court are the issues of July 15 and 16. The latter was banned because of an obituary for 13 people who were extra-judicially executed.

The issue on July 15 was banned because of an article on the Kurdish language written both in Kurdish and Turkish by Dr Haluk Gerger, who is now serving a prison sentence for an article expressing his views.

Other issues have been arbitrarily banned and confiscated in order to intimidate and silence the opposition press.

Despite all these attacks Evrensel is determined to be the voice of workers, labourers and other opposition sectors of society.

We call upon everybody to protest against these attacks on our newspaper and support it.

Evrensel representatives in Britain

End to torture and disappearances

REVOLUTIONARIES in Turkey occupied the province building of the New Democracy Movement in Istanbul. The DHKC-DHG (Revolutionary Peoples Forces) demanded an investigation into the tortures in detention, the disappearances and murders of trade unionists and opponents of the Turkish state.

The police attacked the building, throwing gas bombs at the occupiers who were then beaten, dragged outside and taken away to be detained at the torture chambers.

Turkey has today turned into a country of disappeared persons and the torturers continue to oppress and exploit the people. Over 300 people have disappeared since 1994.

Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Front, Vienna Information Bureau