A-Infos (en) Turkey, Solidarity time for people being judged from the Mayday Trial (tr)

We are calling you to meet for the anarchists, being judged from Mayday Trial, in front of 
ÃaÄlayan Courthouse C Gate at 09.00am on January 25th, 2013 ---- 1 May operation and the 
trial is the final point of operations of passing through the sword of justice, which is 
one of the grinding devices of the state, for all anarchist and anti-authoritarians. So, 
not to let our friends alone and to show the fairness of exploiter, we are going to be in 
front of ÃaÄlayan Courthouse C gate, at 09.00am, on January 25th, Friday. ---- In the last 
1st of May, after the actions in which dozens of capitalist establishments and companies, 
at â1 May Operationâ held on May 14th and 28th around 60 people consist of anarchists, 
libertarians, ecologists and animal liberation activists were taken into custody early in 
the morning and they were questioned for four days and appeared in the court at which 15 
people were arrested. They were released on August 20th afterward stayed in Metris Prison 
for ninety six days.

As the state and its fair scales, a protector of liar world created by the money and 
multinational companies, continue its arbitrary applications incrementally, its efforts to 
repress and to grind struggles by aiming at opposing individuals and groups from all sides 
in order to eternize its authority and to protect the system of exploiters from the public 
by mobilizing its security criers continue as well.

The state, fed by this cruelty, with a special court of competent jurisdiction (ÃYM) which 
is a part of the so-called justice leads to make injustice widespread in broad section of 
society. As to point opposing individuals as actors of this theatre in the eyes of 
society, to eliminate or to put them alive in the tomb is continued.

The fair mechanism of the state that undertakes the mission for the revenge on behalf of 
companies threatened activists by judging them as members of âterrorist organizationâ 
although there was no evidence in the hands of the state. Hereby, the state made this 
attack to tag and repress a large group of people, which includes anarchist individuals 
and collectives from different orientations.

What happened?

On 1st of May, 2012 during the walk from MecidiyekÃy to Taksim within the frame of Workers 
Day in Ästanbul, some capitalist and state targets like banks, ATM, multinational stores 
and bus stations were attacked. After action, media fastened on anarchists claiming that 
anarchists put a damper on Workers Day celebrations. That leaded to accuse anarchist, 
ecologist and animal liberator people and trigger the state and its police force. 
Immediately after the anathema campaign of the media, âAnti-Terrorâ Police Teams started 
large scaled operations towards the people walking side by side on May, 1st . Here is the 
summary of experiences:

14th May 2012

Early in the morning around 5am, at concurrent operations by raiding the homes, 45 people 
were taken into custody by âAnti-Terrorâ Police Teams in Ästanbul, MuÄla, ÅarkÃy, 
TekirdaÄ, Trabzon and Äzmir. The homes were raided and searched and additionally private 
properties, computers, hard disks, mobile phones and flash disks were confiscated.

There were anarchists, animal liberation activists, ecologists, 8 months pregnant, 7 
members of YeryÃzÃne ÃzgÃrlÃk DerneÄi, 1 member of PaylaÅma ve DayanÄÅma DerneÄi, 1 
activist from Toprak ve ÃzgÃrlÃk Kooperatifi among the people taken into custody.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/hakkinda/

- Following the operations, Devrimci AnarÅist Faaliyet made the press release in Taksim 
Square to show their solidarity with the people under custody and to protest against state 
terror. Ätaatsizler, Toprak ve ÃzgÃrlÃk Kooperatifi, BarÄÅ ÄÃin Vicdani Ret Platformu, 
Demokratik Yurtsever GenÃlik, Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Partisi (ESP), SGD, Milyonlar Adalet 
Ästiyor Änsiyatifi, TÃm ÄGD, Toplumsal EÅitlik, GÃkkuÅaÄÄ KadÄn DerneÄi, ÄHD Ästanbul 
Åubesi, GenÃler Meydana Änsiyatifi, EHP, ÃÄrenci Kolektifleri, KaldÄraÃ, Sosyalist Parti 
and Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi (SDP) supported this press release.

http://anarsistfaaliyet.org/sokak/anarsistlere-yonelik-operasyonlara-karsi-basin-aciklamasi/

17th May, 2012

After 4 days of custody, 10 people out of 45 were released from police station. The 
remaining 35 people were dispatched to prosecutorâs office. 20 more people were released 
from the prosecution and the remaining 15 people were dispatched to court. The court 
decided to release 6 people with pending trial and to send 9 people to Metris Type-T Prison.

20th May, 2012

Ankara AnarÅi Änisiyatifi and AnarÅist KonÃnist Kolektif, organized a joint press release 
to protest against the operations in YÃksel Avenue.

23th May, 2012

YeryÃzÃne ÃzgÃrlÃk DerneÄi, arranged a press release to protest against operations and to 
reveal arbitrary and oppressive applications of the state in Änsan HaklarÄ DerneÄi. 
BaÄÄmsÄz Hayvan Platformu, BarÄÅ ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP) Ästanbul Äl ÃrgÃtÃ, Devrimci 
AnarÅist Faaliyet, HalklarÄn Demokratik Kongresi (HDK) BeyoÄlu Meclisi, Ästanbul Barosu 
Hayvan HaklarÄ Komisyonu, Ästanbul LGBTT DayanÄÅma DerneÄi, Karadeniz ÄsyandadÄr Platformu 
(KÄP), Lambdaistanbul LGBTT DayanÄÅma DerneÄi, Senoz Vadisi Koruma Platformu, Toplumsal 
ÃzgÃrlÃk Parti GiriÅimi, YeÅil ve Sol were participated in press release to show their 
solidarity.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/basin-toplantisi-1-mayis-komplosunu-kiniyoruz/

25th May, 2012

A group in Berlin organized a demo to show their solidarity with anarchists exposed to 
custody and arrestment terror. Anarchists holding purple-black and red-black flags 
highlighted in their German and Turkish declaration: âWe demand that all detainees should 
be free immediately and declare here that we are in over-all solidarity with them!â

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/berlinden-istanbuldaki-anarsistlerle-dayanisma-eylemi/

27th May, 2012

Nine anarchist prisoners sent a letter from Metris Prison. Their message in the letter was 
that they would not obey to intimidation policies of the state. They implied it as: âWe 
know that the goal of the arrester was, leave aside the action, to transform us scary 
people which afraid of seeking their rights by menacing. However, the things they do not 
know are that our thoughts cannot be fallen by the dungeons of fetid civilizations and we 
feel ourselves stronger than ever.â

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/anarsist-tutsaklardan-kamuoyuna-acik-mektup/

28th May 2012

In the second wave of operations, seven people were taken into custody from Ästanbul, 
EskiÅehir , Ankara and Bursa and brought to Vatan Security Directotare/Police Station. 
After being questioned during four days custody, they were dispatched to first 
prosecutorâs office then to the court on June, 1st. While two of them were released, five 
of them were sent to Metris T-Type Prison. The number of detainees increased from nine to 
fourteen. On June 6th, one more person was arrested and the number become fifteen.

29th May, 2012

The head chairperson of DÄSK demanded freedom for the detainees because of the claim that 
they had broken the windows of banks during Mayday celebrations. The head chairperson of 
DÄSK indicated that every person looking for oneâs rights is the victim of âAnti-Terrorâ 
Law and special court of competent jurisdiction. The head chairperson of DÄSK said that 
âThe mission of whole democratic and revolutionists opponents is increase the struggle 
against this dark mind and system tirelessly.â

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/disk-1-mayis-tutsaklarina-ozgurluk/

-In Lyon, France a group of anarchists individuals organized a demo in front of Turkey 
Embassy in Lyon in order to protest against operations towards anarchists after 1st of May 
and oppressive attitudes of the Government of Turkey, with the demand of freedom for all 
political prisoners in dungeons of Republic of Turkey.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/lyonda-turkiyedeki-1-mayis-tutsaklariyla-dayanisma-eylemi/

2nd June, 2012

â1 MayÄs TutsaklarÄyla DayanÄÅma Änisiyatifiâ which includes the families and relatives of 
prisoners organized a walk from Taksim Square to Galatasaray and made a press release. 
Sosyalist GenÃlik DerneÄi, HalklarÄn Demokratik Kongresi BeyoÄlu Meclisi, SDP, BDP, TÃPG, 
YeryÃzÃne ÃzgÃrlÃk DerneÄi, Toprak ve ÃzgÃrlÃk Kooperatifi supported the demo with their 
participation.

http://www.etha.com.tr/Haber/2012/06/02/guncel/isyan-tutsak-alinamaz/

4th June, 2012

In Bern, Switzerland revolutionist groups from Turkey, communists from Switzerland and 
anarchists in Bern ZÃrich made a joint solidarity demo. It was for solidarity with 
anarchists who were taken into custody from Ästanbul, Äzmir, Bursa, Ankara and exposed to 
detention terror and with revolutionists arrested in Germany and Hungary.

9th June, 2012

Three high school students out of fifteen prisoners of operation sent a letter to opposing 
public. The message of high school anarchists was âWe are sure that this struggle will 
continue outside with union and solidarity even though the state thinks that it made us 
alone by arrestment!â

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/tutuklu-liseli-anarsistlerden-mektup/

10th June, 2012

Twelve anarchists announced that they got into rotative hunger strike against pressure, 
the process without law and full of groundless claims.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/aclik-grevindeki-anarsistlerden-aciklama/

12th June, 2012 (Transnational Action Date)

-In Exarchia, Atina a group made hanging banners action in a crowded road in order to show 
their solidarity with their anarchists comrades in Turkey. âSolidarity with the anarchists 
in Turkey! Damn on the state, army and law!â was written on the banner.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/exarchia-solidarity-banner-for-imprisoned-anarchists-in-istanbul/

-Within the frame of Transnational Action Date, in Stuttgart, Germany to show their 
solidarity with anarchists prisoners and make them feel not alone a demo was done in front 
of Embassy of Turkey. âSolidarity is a gun. Freedom to Mayday Prisoners!â was written on 
the banner held.

http://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/stuttgartta-istanbuldaki-1-mayis-tutsaklariyla-dayanisma-eylemi-yapildi/

-In front of the Embassy of Turkey, one more voice joined global solidarity 
action.âActivism is not terrorism.â written posters were carried. The government of Turkey 
was protested.

https://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/hamburgda-dayanisma-eylemi-12-haziran-2012/

-As a part of global solidarity action, in Vienna Austria a demo was organized. A group of 
people made a protest to make the prisoners release immediately in front of the Embassy of 
Turkey. âAgainst prisons and cages for the liberation of humans and animalsâ was written 
on the banner holding by the activists.

https://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/viyanada-dayanisma-eylemi/

-Within Transnational Solidarity Date for fifteen anarchist prisoners in Turkey, in 
Cardiff, England a banner was swung at multilevel parking garage in city center. Hundreds 
of bulletins were distributed. âLet the anarchists Mayday prisoners free in Turkeyâ was 
written on the banner.

https://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/cardiff-ingiltere-turkiyedeki-tutuklu-anarsistlerle-dayanisma-eylemi/

-In Faslane Peace Camp, Scotland a banner was swung for solidarity with anarchist 
prisoners. â Solidairty with arrested anarchist comrades! Release YeryÃzÃne ÃzgÃrlÃk 
DerneÄi prisoners immediately!â was written on the banner.

https://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/faslane-baris-kampi-iskocya-turkiyedeki-tutuklu-anarsistlerle-dayanismak-icin-pankart-asildi/

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https://operationblackscare.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/solidarity-time-for-people-being-judged-from-the-mayday-trial/
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