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,
announced to public opinion that we had turned it into a DEATH FAST on November 19, 2000 as our demands had not been met. In the meantime, since there have been no developments, on November 29, 2000, we, as the SECOND DEATH FAST TEAM, started the DEATH FAST action. Until our demands are granted, we will continue our DEATH FAST resistance with the same determination.

THE DEMANDS OF OUR DEATH FAST ACTION:

– The closure of the ‘F’ Type prisons

– Law No. 3713, the Ant-Terror Law, to be abolished along with all its consequences

– The cancellation of the Tripartite Protocol

– The cancellation of the State Security Courts

– Those responsible at various dates for the killing and serious wounding of our friends in Buca, Umraniye, Diyarbakir, Ulucanlar and Burdur prisons to be brought to trial,

– Those prisoners suffering from various illnesses, those who are suffering from the after-effects of the 1996 Death Fast, those who were wounded in various attacks and who have not had medical treatment are to be released,

– The torturers are to be brought to judgement,

– All anti-democratic laws which are an obstacle to the struggle of the  peoples for democracy and freedom are to be abolished, and there must be an end to repression.

FOR THESE DEMANDS WE HAVE LAIN DOWN TO DIE, IN THIS SITUATION WE WILL DIE
BUT WE WILL NOT GO INTO THE CELLS.

Umraniye Prison:
DHKP-C Trial prisoners: HALIL AKSU, EYUP KENDIR, SEDAT KARAKURT, BULENT COBAN, FERHAT ERTURK, DURSUN ALI PEKIN, EROL ENGIN, HUSEYIN AKPINAR, FIKRET KARA, HAKAN YILDIRIM, GULTEN ERGUL, NEBAHAT ASLAN, SEMA TURKDOGAN, MADIMAK OZEN.

TKP(ML) Trial prisoners: MEHMET POLAT, BULENT BEKDEMIR, OZGUR CELIK, ERKAN AYGOREN, HASAN YIGIT, NAHIT AYDOGMUS, KEMAL SARIGUL, KAMIL TURANOGLU.

TKIP Trial prisoner: AHMET TURAN

Bursa Prison:
DHKP-C Trial prisoners: MUSTAFA KARAAGAC, ERDAL GOKOGLU, SALIH AYDIN.

TKP(ML) Trial prisoners: TEKIN YILDIZ, BULENT DEMIRCELIK, SEDAT FELEK,

Cankiri Prison:
DHKP-C Trial prisoners: CIHAN DALKAYA, RAMAZAN CICEK, TUNCER KARAKAYA, MEHMET SAHIN, ATILLA SELCUK.

TKIP Trial prisoner: OZGUR SOYLU

Aydin Prison:
DHKP-C Trial prisoners: BARIS KAYA, MURAT COBAN, ILHAN DEMIREL.

The prisoners continuing the Death Fast by the name of: AHMET IBILI, OKKES KARAOGLU, RESUL AYAZ

[ DHKP-C: Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front
TKP(ML): Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)
TKIP: Communist Workers’ Party of Turkey ]