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In
a press statement issued on June 15 in the head office
of KESK (trade union of civil servants in Turkey),
trade and employees' union organisations as well as
TMMOB have issued an appeal opposing isolation. In
the appeal, it is stated: "We make an appeal
to all who stand for basic rights and freedoms. Every
day, unemployment, poverty, oppression and repression
grow worse. The government is trying to turn the entire
country into an F-Type (isolation) prison in order
to carry out the policies of the IMF. To do that,
there is no tyranny and oppression that they shy away
from committing."
The
statement declares that this repression grew worse
with the opening of the F-Type prisons, and isolation
and the death fasts continue. The statement makes
the following call: "Isolation means breaking
a person by switching off his or her mind. Let us
say no to isolation, in order to abolish it so that
human beings can live in humane conditions and retain
their dignity. Those who say that they are in favour
of life, those who say that I want them to live must
come out for the lifting of isolation and for people
to be sensitive to the way people are living, the
trade unions say. Further: "Resisting means being
able to live with your head held high. Living and
letting others live draws its significance from this
truth."
Here
are the signatures of those who support rights and
freedoms, who say that we must allow people to live
free from tyranny and who support the demands:
Sami
EVREN (chairman of KESK ) Musa CAM (executive of DISK
trade union
confederation) Celal BESIKTEPE (member of TMMOB executive)
Mehmet GOCEBE
(member of TMMOB executive) Ali Riza KUCUKOSMANOGLU
(executive of Nakliyat-Is, the transport workers'
union) Atilla AYCIN (executive of Hava-Is, airport
workers' union) Kemal KELES (executive of Haber-Sen,
a journalists' union) Sezai KAYA (executive Tarim
Orkam-Sen, an agricultural union) Kamil KARTAL (executive
of Basin-Is, a journalists' union), Enis BAYKAL (general
organising secretary of Tum Bel-Sen, a local government
employees' union), Mahmut DOGAN (GYK member), Ali
CANCI (DISK social branch, Istanbul) (Muharrem KILIC
(Tekstil-Is, textile workers executive, Istanbul branch),
Fedai OZTURK (Lastik-Is, trade union for plastics
and rubber workers, executive, Istanbul branch) Dogan
KAYA (unit of Metal-Is, metal
workers), Mehmet KARAGOZ (executive, Istanbul branch
No. 2), Cafer ERDIL (Genel-Is, general workers, Istanbul
branch No. 2), Sami IPEK (Genel-Is treasurer for Istanbul
branch), Nebile IRMAK CETIN (Genel-Is head of branch),
Mevsim GURLEVIK (Genel-Is branch head, Istanbul No.
3), Kadir AKPINAR (Genel-Is branch head, Istanbul
branch No. 4) Kadir DOGUTEKIN (Genel-Is branch head,
Istanbul branch No. 5) Ismail YURTSEVEN (Genel-Is
branch head, Istanbul branch head No. 7) Zeynel OZDEMIR
(Genel-Is branch head Istanbul branch No. 9) Arif
KUDAY (Genel-Is branch head Thrace) Zeynel DEMIRCIVI
(Genel-Is branch head, Istanbul branch No. 3) Tahsin
CELTI (Genel-Is branch head, Istanbul's Anatolian
side branch No.1) Huseyin DURMAZ (Genel-Is branch
Istanbul Anatolian side No.2) Hasan GULUM (Belediye-Is,
municipal workers' union head, Istanbul branch No.2)
Sadettin YILDIRIM (Belediye-Is IETT Tasit (Transport)
branch head) Huseyin AYRILMAZ (Belediye-Is head Istanbul
branch No.3) Mehmet ASKIN (Belediye-Is branch head,
Istanbul branch No.1) Musa BICER (Egitim-Sen education
workers' union branch head Istanbul branch No. 1)
Zulfu AKYILDIZ (Egitim-Sen executive member Istanbul
branch No. 1) Isil UNAL, Mesut BUKE, Burhan ATAS (Egitim-Sen
executive member, Istanbul branch No. 1) M. Ekber
ISIK (Egitim-Sen Istanbul branch No. 1) Nurettin SONMEZ
(secretary, Istanbul Egitim-Sen branch No.3) Naci
CELIK, Sebire YURTSEVEN, Ebru YILDIRIM, Hatice KARABAY,
Birol KAPTANOGLU (Egitim-Sen branch executive members,
Istanbul) Huseyin SUMRUK (branch head, Egitim-Sen
Istanbul No. 4) Galip KIZILDAMAR (Egitim-Sen Istanbul
branch No. 4 executive member) Erkan KARATAS (Egitim-Sen
Istanbul branch No. 4, legal secretary), Ali Ekber
SAHIN (SES branch Aksaray, branch executive member)
Yuksel ALMAZ (SES branch Bakirkoy, branch executive
member) Ejder ERBULAN (BES Istanbul branch No. 1 executive
member) Nevreste DOGAN (BES Istanbul branch No. 1
secretary) Rukiye DURMAZ, Nejdet PAYCI, Mehmet SALMANLI
(BES Istanbul branch ) Dursun DOGAN (BES Istanbul
branch organisational secretary), Metin OZKAN (BES
Istanbul branch No. 1 legal secretary) Halim OZPINAR
(BES branch chairman Istanbul No. 2) Zeynep CICEK
(BES Istanbul No. 2 branch secretary) Mustafa AKTAS
(BES Istanbul branch No. 2 secretary) Rifat OGUZ (BES
Istanbul No. 2 executive member) Nurseren YORMAZ (BES
Istanbul No. 3 branch executive member) Kazim DOGAN
(BES Istanbul No. 3 branch secretary) Nafi MARAS (Istanbul
branch No. 3 secretary) Turabi MUSLU (BES Istanbul
No. 3 branch head) Cillo CINAZ (Tüm Bel-Sen Istanbul
branch head) Hanifi SAGLAM (Tüm Bel-Sen Istanbul
No. 3 branch executive member) Ali ERDOGAN (Tüm
Bel-Sen ISKI executive member) Ertan TASTAN (Haber-Sen
branch head No. 9 ) Hasan ARICAN, Emin AKKOYUN, Metin
TASTAN and Adem PULUR (Haber-Sen branch No. 9 executive
members)
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