Türkiye
28.02.00
Urgent Interventions
Turkey: Kurdish mayors released
Turkey: Release of three Kurdish Mayors
Case TUR 210200.1
Follow-up to Case TUR 210200
Geneva, 28th February 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information with regards to the following situation in Turkey.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed by the Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM), a member of the OMCT network, of arrest of three Kurdish mayors in Turkey.
According to the information received, three Kurdish mayors, all members of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), elected in democratic polls last April, were arrested by Turkish police on 19th February 2000 on the basis of an investigation involving presumed links with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party); Mr. Feridun Celik, Mayor of the city of Diyarbakir, Mehmet Selim Ozalp, Mayor of the city of Siirt, and Mr. Feyzullah Karaaslan, Mayor of the city of Bingol. They were detained in the Turkish Gendarmerie in Diyarbakir.
Feridun Celik and Mehmet Ozalp were accused of "aiding the work of the terrorist organisation, the PKK at home and abroad". The HADEP party campaigns for Kurdish rights and a peaceful end to the conflict in the south-east.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed today, by the Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM), a member of the OMCT network, of the release of Mr. Feridum Celik, Mr. Mehmet Selim Ozalp and Mr. Feyzullah Karaaslan.
Remarks
The International Secretariat would like to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on their behalf.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
Geneva, 28th February 2000.
Case TUR 210200.1
Follow-up to Case TUR 210200
Geneva, 28th February 2000
The International Secretariat of OMCT has received new information with regards to the following situation in Turkey.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed by the Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM), a member of the OMCT network, of arrest of three Kurdish mayors in Turkey.
According to the information received, three Kurdish mayors, all members of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), elected in democratic polls last April, were arrested by Turkish police on 19th February 2000 on the basis of an investigation involving presumed links with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party); Mr. Feridun Celik, Mayor of the city of Diyarbakir, Mehmet Selim Ozalp, Mayor of the city of Siirt, and Mr. Feyzullah Karaaslan, Mayor of the city of Bingol. They were detained in the Turkish Gendarmerie in Diyarbakir.
Feridun Celik and Mehmet Ozalp were accused of "aiding the work of the terrorist organisation, the PKK at home and abroad". The HADEP party campaigns for Kurdish rights and a peaceful end to the conflict in the south-east.
New Information
The International Secretariat of OMCT was informed today, by the Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM), a member of the OMCT network, of the release of Mr. Feridum Celik, Mr. Mehmet Selim Ozalp and Mr. Feyzullah Karaaslan.
Remarks
The International Secretariat would like to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on their behalf.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
Geneva, 28th February 2000.