Yeni Politika: June 5-12, 1995

[kurdeng at aps.nl]

From: tabe at newsdesk.aps.nl
Subject: Yeni Politika: June 5-12, 1995
Reply-To: kurdeng at aps.nl

Weekly News Briefs From Kurdistan

June 5, 1995 / Diyarbakir -- Turkish forces raided the Kurdish
villages of Cirik (Tokluca in Turkish), Kinyat (Koprubag), Cekuyan
(Cukurkaynak), Dida (Yesilbahce), and Kuresa (Sanlikoy) in the
Silvan district of Diyarbakir province on May 29.

June 6, 1995 / Batman -- Turkish police raided a house in Batman on
June 2. When the occupant of the house refused to open the door,
the police detonated a bomb in front of the door to force their way
into the house. They then arrested 3 people who were in the
residence.

June 6, 1995 / Hakkari -- Turkish commandos stationed in the
Yuksekova district of Hakkari province had town residents on edge
on June 2. At about 8:00 PM the commandos took to the streets and
machine gunned houses at random. On April 17, the same units had
attacked local residents and Hatice Soydan, a 12-year-old girl, was
killed.

June 7, 1995 -- A major scientific conference which was supposed to
be held in Turkey in 2001 was recently cancelled due to human
rights concerns. Professor Dr. Ridvan Ege, speaking on behalf of
the Surgeons Federation, expressed his dismay over the dismal human
rights record in the country.

June 7, 1995 / Batman -- Ahmet Yetisen was last seen on November
14, 1994, when he was taken into custody by police in the city of
Batman. His loved ones have expressed their concerns to Super
Governor Unal Erkan, who has control over the city and the region.
To date, the authorities have denied the charge that they have the
custody of Mr. Yetisen.

June 8, 1995 / Izmir -- Officials from the People's Democracy Party
(HADEP) have been the subject of a hunt by Turkish police in recent
days. Seyfettin Oncu, Selahattin Oncu, Hamdullah Guven, Mehmet
Turan, Zeki Silli, Ali Silli, Medine Tekin, Selami Gul, Selahattin
Tekin, Ali Dag, Mehmet Yalcin, Abdurrahman Yalcin, Sevim Demir,
Halil Demir, Fehime Demir, Mecit Demir, Fikri Demir, Celebi Demir,
Musa Demir, Munir Adibelli, Ali Adibelli, Zeynep Yuksel, Kazim
Yuksel, Feyzullah Kaymaz, Ali Kaymaz, Medine Eroglu, Alaadin Ablay,
and Fikret Cetin have been taken into custody for questioning. Mr.
Cevdet Turgut, a spokesperson for HADEP in Izmir, noted that the
authorities are disturbed by the party's activities in the city and
hence carried out the recent wave of arrests against HADEP
activists. He condemned the move and urged the authorities to the
release the party functionaries.

June 8, 1995 / Diyarbakir -- The village of Cikse (Agacli in
Turkish) in the Kulp district of Diyarbakir province has had its
food rationed for about a year now. Some 200 families are facing
malnutrition. Village residents were urged to become village guards
last December. Because they refused to take up arms, they have been
subjected to a policy of harassment.

June 9, 1995 -- Helmut Oberdiek, an Amnesty International
representative, was declared persona non grata by the Turkish
authorities. He was put on a plane and sent back to Europe.

June 10, 1995 -- Besra Akdeniz, who lives in the Barbaros district
of Adana, had her daughter's name "Beritan" rejected by the
authorities because it was not a proper Turkish name. The Turkish
authorities named Mrs. Akdeniz's daughter themselves. They gave her
a proper Turkish name: "Gizem".

June 11, 1995 / Istanbul -- Wednesdays are becoming days of
solidarity. The families of disappeared persons keep meeting at
Kadikoy Altiyol Meydani in Istanbul for symbolic candle lighting
vigils. They call themselves the Democratic Struggle Platform. They
carry banners reading "Turkey Will Not Be Another Argentina". Last
Wednesday they were kept company by Koma Denge Azadi, who sang them
songs of solidarity and resistance to oppression.

June 11, 1995 / Diyarbakir -- Five tea shops have been ordered
closed in the city of Diyarbakir because their television sets were
showing the MED-TV channel. The owners of the tea shops were fined
and told that they could not open their shops for 15 days.

June 12, 1995 / Diyarbakir -- A People's Democracy Party (HADEP)
convoy was machine gunned on the way to Batman near the town of
Silvan in Diyarbakir province. The chair of HADEP, Mr. Murat
Bozlak, was among those in the convoy.

June 12, 1995 / Hakkari -- Villages in the border region are being
evacuated by the Turkish authorities. In the last two months, 11
villages in Cukurca district and 4 villages in Semdinli district
have had their residents forced out by Turkish soldiers.

(Translated from Yeni Politika by the Comite du Kurdistan.)

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