A young woman died in an armed attack on a pro-Kurdish HDP party office in the city of Izmir

On June 17, at around 11:00, an armed assailant named Onur Gencer entered a building located in the Konak district, in the central part of the city of Izmir, which houses numerous shops and offices. He used force to break into the office of the Regional Council of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi-HDP), which is located on the second floor of the building.

The armed assailant took a woman named Deniz Poyraz, who is a member of the party and was in the office at the time, hostage. After killing the woman, the assailant attempted to start a fire in the office but was unsuccessful.

Fascism in Turkey

The following is a DHKC document on fascism in Turkey, aimed at contributing to discussions on this subject. It was presented at the PTB (Workers’ Party of Belgium) International Communist Seminar this year (1998).

DHKC 128: One of our sympathisers in First of May District, Sukru Saritas, has been murdered.

DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI

Date: November 1, 2000 Statement: 128

One of our sympathisers in First of May District, Sukru Saritas, has been murdered.

THE MHP MURDERERS WILL PAY A PRICE!

 

An analysis on Turkish MHP – The Party of the Nationalist Movement

Translation from the weekly magazine Bağımsızlık ve Demokrasi Yolunda Kurtuluş / Liberation on the road to independence and democracy, issue 24, April 2, 1999. 

THE MIT, OUT OF ITS OWN MOUTH, FROM ITS OWN DOCUMENTS

THE MIT IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
THE MIT IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE SUSURLUK STATE
THE MIT WILL BE DISSOLVED AND THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE BEFORE THE PEOPLE

THE MIT IS THE CONTRA-GUERRILLA

The period around 1965, when the MIT (Milli Istihbarat Teskilati – National Intelligence Organisation) was officially founded, was also the period in which the revolutionary struggle began to develop. The development of the revolutionary, armed struggle, especially from the 1970s under the leadership of the THKP-C (People’s Liberation Party-Front of Turkey) caused great fear among the oligarchy and imperialism. For this reason, the entire policy of counter-revolution developed in CIA centres was set in motion in order to hinder the people’s liberation struggle, which was mobilising broad sections of the people. the MIT was one of the puppetmasters of the repression and tyranny practised against the people in this period, the peoples of Turkey became witnesses of countless massacres and operations conducted by it. Within this framework, in the 1970s the MIT carried out numerous provocations. The arson attack on the Atatürk Culture Centre, the bombing of Yesilköy Airport and the Sirkeci Central Stadium, as well as the sinking of the Marmara passenger boat were among the MIT’s actions. The people’s enemy Hiram Abas was one of the chief organisers of these actions. By presenting the revolutionaries as the ones responsible for these actions, they tried to trigger off a wave of anti-communism.