Writers worldwide support Erdogan Akhanli
Writers worldwide support Erdogan Akhanli
A large number of intellectuals, artists, journalists and civil society organization members, including worldwide known authors Yaþar Kemal, Orhan Pamuk, Günter Grass and Edgar Hilsenrath, demanded the release of Erdoðan Akhanlý, who was arrested while entering Turkey from Germany in August and sentenced to serve a life sentence.
A campaign supported by worldwide known names, has been started for Author Erdoðan Akhanlý who was arrested and sentenced to serve a life sentence. Nobel Literature Laureate authors Orhan Pamuk and Günter Grass, Yaþar Kemal and German novelist Edgar Hilsenrath, artist Zülfü Livaneli and his Greek musician friend Mikis Theodorakis, German author and journalist Günter Wallraff, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) members, international university professors, German author associations, jurists and human rights defenders including PEN-Germany, demanded the release of Erdoðan Akhanlý.
Separately, as a result of anti-denialism Armenian Organization Collectif VAN’s efforts in France, Seine-Saint-Denis MP Claude Bartelone, Lyon Deputy Mayor Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, socialist Ségolène Royal’s Consultant Sophie Bouchet-Petersen, Vienne MP Jean-Michel Clément, socialist MPs Arnaud Montebourg and Manuel Valls and SOS Racisme Organization’s Val De Marne District Chair Alexandre Foly also supported the campaign by giving their signatures.
The anti-genocide and inter-communal deal supporter AGA Association, which is leading the campaign in Germany, is advancing the campaign on internet and calling people to the demonstration on 2 October between 14.30 and 16.30 in Alexanderplatz.
Author and human rights defender Erdoðan Akhanlý was in exile since 1991. Akhanlý, who has been a German citizen since 2001, was involved in activities for the recognition of the genocides of Turkish state. Akhanlý also took the lead in an old building belonging to Gestapo.
The bill of indictment for 47-day prisoner Akhanlý, which was written by Ýstanbul Public Prosecutor Hüseyin Ayar, claims that an exchange Office in Eminönü was intended to be robbed by three people on 20 October 1989 and office owner Ýbrahim Yaþar was murdered upon Akhanlý’s instruction.
The conflicted report claims the suspects had organizational quality intelligence information aimed at rich people and workplaces in the cases that they left behind while running away. The bill of indictment records that Erdoðan Akhanlý has been wanted since the event, stating that killed Ýbrahim Yasar Tutum’s son Mustafa Tutum could not identify Erdoðan Akhanlý in the security directorate.
The bill of indictment claims that Akhanlý is a member of People’s Liberation Party of Turkey, Reconstruction Unit and People’s Liberation Forces at a responsible level. At the bill of indictment, which claims that Tutum’s murder event was practiced in an organizational discipline and hierarchy, prosecutor demands aggravated life imprisonment for Akhanlý.
Translation: Berna Ozgencil
A campaign supported by worldwide known names, has been started for Author Erdoðan Akhanlý who was arrested and sentenced to serve a life sentence. Nobel Literature Laureate authors Orhan Pamuk and Günter Grass, Yaþar Kemal and German novelist Edgar Hilsenrath, artist Zülfü Livaneli and his Greek musician friend Mikis Theodorakis, German author and journalist Günter Wallraff, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) members, international university professors, German author associations, jurists and human rights defenders including PEN-Germany, demanded the release of Erdoðan Akhanlý.
Separately, as a result of anti-denialism Armenian Organization Collectif VAN’s efforts in France, Seine-Saint-Denis MP Claude Bartelone, Lyon Deputy Mayor Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, socialist Ségolène Royal’s Consultant Sophie Bouchet-Petersen, Vienne MP Jean-Michel Clément, socialist MPs Arnaud Montebourg and Manuel Valls and SOS Racisme Organization’s Val De Marne District Chair Alexandre Foly also supported the campaign by giving their signatures.
The anti-genocide and inter-communal deal supporter AGA Association, which is leading the campaign in Germany, is advancing the campaign on internet and calling people to the demonstration on 2 October between 14.30 and 16.30 in Alexanderplatz.
Author and human rights defender Erdoðan Akhanlý was in exile since 1991. Akhanlý, who has been a German citizen since 2001, was involved in activities for the recognition of the genocides of Turkish state. Akhanlý also took the lead in an old building belonging to Gestapo.
The bill of indictment for 47-day prisoner Akhanlý, which was written by Ýstanbul Public Prosecutor Hüseyin Ayar, claims that an exchange Office in Eminönü was intended to be robbed by three people on 20 October 1989 and office owner Ýbrahim Yaþar was murdered upon Akhanlý’s instruction.
The conflicted report claims the suspects had organizational quality intelligence information aimed at rich people and workplaces in the cases that they left behind while running away. The bill of indictment records that Erdoðan Akhanlý has been wanted since the event, stating that killed Ýbrahim Yasar Tutum’s son Mustafa Tutum could not identify Erdoðan Akhanlý in the security directorate.
The bill of indictment claims that Akhanlý is a member of People’s Liberation Party of Turkey, Reconstruction Unit and People’s Liberation Forces at a responsible level. At the bill of indictment, which claims that Tutum’s murder event was practiced in an organizational discipline and hierarchy, prosecutor demands aggravated life imprisonment for Akhanlý.
Translation: Berna Ozgencil
