Intellectuals ask for Kurdish issue to be solved through dialogue
Intellectuals ask for Kurdish issue to be solved through dialogue
The academic and intellectual world is mobilizing for Kurdish imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan. After the new refusal received by his lawyers who have not been able to visit him since 27 July, 172 intellectuals have signed an appeal asking for negotiations to start as soon as possible.
"No war! Negotiations with the Kurds should start", read the appeal.
Those who signed it called on both the ruling AK party and opposition parties to take on their responsibility for peace and create conditions for peace and consensus in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
They reiterated the four basic demands of the Kurdish people (rights to education in their mother tongue, an end to the military and political operations against Kurdish people, the release of political prisoners and the lowering of the 10 percent election threshold) and said they are legitimate and natural human rights.
Also, Mersin Peace Assembly members, citizens in Viranþehir, a district of Urfa and Baþkale, a district of Van held press conferences in their cities to call on the authorities to begin negotiations with Öcalan, immediately.
The list of people who signed the appeal is as follows:
Abdulhekim Daþ, Abdullah Aysu, Abdurrahman Atalay, Abubekir Saydan, Ahmet Alýþ, Ahmet Asena, Ahmet Çakmak, Ahmet Dindar, Ahmet Ýnsel, Ahmet Ýsvan, Ahmet Tonak, Ahmet Tulgar, Ahmet Ümit, Akýn Atauz, Alper Özcan, Alev Özkazanç, Ali Fikri Iþýk, Ali Kenanoðlu, Ali Nesin, Atilla Aytemur, Aydýn Engin, Ayfer Bartu Candaþ, Ayþe Berkman, Ayþe Buðra, Ayþe Gözen, Ayþegül Devecioðlu, Ayþen Candaþ, Azad Saðnýç, B. Özgür Sarýoðlu, Balçiçek Ýlter, Bayram Ayaz, Bekir Aðýrdýr, Bircan Yorulmaz, Bülent Bilmez, Cafer Solgun, Çaðatay Anadol, Celalettin Can, Cemal Yardýmcý, Celal Baþlangýç, Cemil Ertem, Cengiz Güleç, Çetin Taþlý, Cevat Öneþ, Chris Stephenson, Çiðdem Mater, Çiðdem Yazýcý, Çiya Mazî, Cuma Boynukara, Dilek Gökçin, Edip Polat, Elçin Macar, Emin Alper, Enver Ercan, Erdoðan Aydýn, Ergin Cinmen, Ergün Ersizoðlu, Erkan Doðan, Erol Katýrcýoðlu, Erol Kýzýlelma, Erol Köroðlu, Ersin Salman, Esra Arsan, Esra Mungan, Fahri Aral, Fatma Gök, Fatma Sayman, Fehim Caculi, Fehim Iþýk, Ferda Cemiloðlu,Ferdan Ergut, Feridun Yazar, Gençay Gürsoy, Gönül Dinçer, Güçlü Ateþoðlu, Gülseren Pusatlýoðlu, Güney Çaðrý, Gürel Tüzün, Gürhan Ertur, Hacer Ansal, Hakan Tahmaz, Haluk Tekeli, Hayko Baðdat, Hüseyin Ergün, Ýbrahim Gurbuz, Ýlhan Tekeli, Ýnci Hekimoðlu, Isak Karakaþ, Jale Parla, Kadir Akýn, Koray Çalýþkan, Lokman Polat, M. Kemal Kaçaroðlu, Maaf Ataoðlu, Mahir Sayýn, Maya Arakon, Mebuse Tekay, Mehmet Ali Aygun, Mehmet Poyraz, Mehmet Rasgelener, Melek Göregenli, Melek Ulugay Taylan, Melih Yalçýn, Meral Tamer, Meryem Koray, Mesut Yeðen, Mete Tunçay, Metin Bakkalcý, Mithat Sancar, Müge Karalom, Murat Çelikkan, Murathan Mungan, Mustafa Kahya, Nadire Mater, Nebahat Akkoç, Necmiye Alpay, Neþe Erdilek, Neþe Yaþýn, Nesrin Sungur, Nevzat Çiçek, Nezir Çetin, Nil Mutluer, Nimet Tanrýkulu, Nuray Mert, Nilgün Toker, Okan Akhan, Orhan Miroðlu, Osman Kavala, Oktay Özel, Oya Baydar, Özlem Dalkýran, Sami Evren, Þanar Yurdatapan, Saruhan Oluç, Sefa Feza Arslan, Sema Erder, Semih Bilgen, Semir Güzel, Semra Somersan, Þemsa Özer, Sevim Belli, Seyfi Öngider, Sezai Temelli, Þirin Tekeli, Süreyyya Evren, Tahsin Yeþildere, Tanay Sýtký Uyar, Tarýk Günlü, Tatyos Bebek, Tayfun Mater, Teoman Pamukçu, Tuðba Yýldýrým, Tuðyan Aytaç Dalan, Tumay Arslan, Turan Sarýtimur, Ufuk Uras, Ümit Ýzmen, Umur Coþkun, Üstün Bilgen Reinart, Vecdi Erbay, Vecdi Sayar, Vedat Kara, Yalçýn Ergündoðan, Yaprak Zihnioðlu, Yasemin Ýnceoðlu, Yeþim Büber, Yörük Kurtaran, Yüksel Taþkýn, Zafer Aydýn, Ziya Halis, Ziya Laçin, Zübeyde Kýlýç."
"No war! Negotiations with the Kurds should start", read the appeal.
Those who signed it called on both the ruling AK party and opposition parties to take on their responsibility for peace and create conditions for peace and consensus in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
They reiterated the four basic demands of the Kurdish people (rights to education in their mother tongue, an end to the military and political operations against Kurdish people, the release of political prisoners and the lowering of the 10 percent election threshold) and said they are legitimate and natural human rights.
Also, Mersin Peace Assembly members, citizens in Viranþehir, a district of Urfa and Baþkale, a district of Van held press conferences in their cities to call on the authorities to begin negotiations with Öcalan, immediately.
The list of people who signed the appeal is as follows:
Abdulhekim Daþ, Abdullah Aysu, Abdurrahman Atalay, Abubekir Saydan, Ahmet Alýþ, Ahmet Asena, Ahmet Çakmak, Ahmet Dindar, Ahmet Ýnsel, Ahmet Ýsvan, Ahmet Tonak, Ahmet Tulgar, Ahmet Ümit, Akýn Atauz, Alper Özcan, Alev Özkazanç, Ali Fikri Iþýk, Ali Kenanoðlu, Ali Nesin, Atilla Aytemur, Aydýn Engin, Ayfer Bartu Candaþ, Ayþe Berkman, Ayþe Buðra, Ayþe Gözen, Ayþegül Devecioðlu, Ayþen Candaþ, Azad Saðnýç, B. Özgür Sarýoðlu, Balçiçek Ýlter, Bayram Ayaz, Bekir Aðýrdýr, Bircan Yorulmaz, Bülent Bilmez, Cafer Solgun, Çaðatay Anadol, Celalettin Can, Cemal Yardýmcý, Celal Baþlangýç, Cemil Ertem, Cengiz Güleç, Çetin Taþlý, Cevat Öneþ, Chris Stephenson, Çiðdem Mater, Çiðdem Yazýcý, Çiya Mazî, Cuma Boynukara, Dilek Gökçin, Edip Polat, Elçin Macar, Emin Alper, Enver Ercan, Erdoðan Aydýn, Ergin Cinmen, Ergün Ersizoðlu, Erkan Doðan, Erol Katýrcýoðlu, Erol Kýzýlelma, Erol Köroðlu, Ersin Salman, Esra Arsan, Esra Mungan, Fahri Aral, Fatma Gök, Fatma Sayman, Fehim Caculi, Fehim Iþýk, Ferda Cemiloðlu,Ferdan Ergut, Feridun Yazar, Gençay Gürsoy, Gönül Dinçer, Güçlü Ateþoðlu, Gülseren Pusatlýoðlu, Güney Çaðrý, Gürel Tüzün, Gürhan Ertur, Hacer Ansal, Hakan Tahmaz, Haluk Tekeli, Hayko Baðdat, Hüseyin Ergün, Ýbrahim Gurbuz, Ýlhan Tekeli, Ýnci Hekimoðlu, Isak Karakaþ, Jale Parla, Kadir Akýn, Koray Çalýþkan, Lokman Polat, M. Kemal Kaçaroðlu, Maaf Ataoðlu, Mahir Sayýn, Maya Arakon, Mebuse Tekay, Mehmet Ali Aygun, Mehmet Poyraz, Mehmet Rasgelener, Melek Göregenli, Melek Ulugay Taylan, Melih Yalçýn, Meral Tamer, Meryem Koray, Mesut Yeðen, Mete Tunçay, Metin Bakkalcý, Mithat Sancar, Müge Karalom, Murat Çelikkan, Murathan Mungan, Mustafa Kahya, Nadire Mater, Nebahat Akkoç, Necmiye Alpay, Neþe Erdilek, Neþe Yaþýn, Nesrin Sungur, Nevzat Çiçek, Nezir Çetin, Nil Mutluer, Nimet Tanrýkulu, Nuray Mert, Nilgün Toker, Okan Akhan, Orhan Miroðlu, Osman Kavala, Oktay Özel, Oya Baydar, Özlem Dalkýran, Sami Evren, Þanar Yurdatapan, Saruhan Oluç, Sefa Feza Arslan, Sema Erder, Semih Bilgen, Semir Güzel, Semra Somersan, Þemsa Özer, Sevim Belli, Seyfi Öngider, Sezai Temelli, Þirin Tekeli, Süreyyya Evren, Tahsin Yeþildere, Tanay Sýtký Uyar, Tarýk Günlü, Tatyos Bebek, Tayfun Mater, Teoman Pamukçu, Tuðba Yýldýrým, Tuðyan Aytaç Dalan, Tumay Arslan, Turan Sarýtimur, Ufuk Uras, Ümit Ýzmen, Umur Coþkun, Üstün Bilgen Reinart, Vecdi Erbay, Vecdi Sayar, Vedat Kara, Yalçýn Ergündoðan, Yaprak Zihnioðlu, Yasemin Ýnceoðlu, Yeþim Büber, Yörük Kurtaran, Yüksel Taþkýn, Zafer Aydýn, Ziya Halis, Ziya Laçin, Zübeyde Kýlýç."
