2000 turkish police with support of anti-terror units attacked on dec. 7th democratic structures of the civil society such as the federation "TEMEL HAKLAR" ("basic rights") or from critical magazines and newspapers... infrastructure and institutions were destroyed, or confiscated.
whole parts of Istanbul were turned into a battle field when people of the organization and other organized or autonomous persons began to resist the repression.
the people built burning barricades which were very effective. the police used tear gas, gas bombs etc... many hundred residents tried to attack and to occupy a police station in the Istanbul district Gazi.



list of detainees from Temel Haklar and other critical democratic institutions:


- İnan Doğan
- Engin Ceber
- Gözde Şahin (free again)
- Ayten Öztürk
- Sezgin Çelik
- Yeliz Kılıç
- Cem Koyupınar
- Eray Düldül
- Erkan Sönmez
- Ali Kanat
- Yüksel Doğan
- Hakan Kuşbeygi
- Aysu Baykal
- Haydar Çam
- Necdet Dernek
- Volkan Altınay (free again)
- Deniz Kutlu
- Elif Kaya
- Seval Yaprak (bereits freigelassen)
- Metin Yavuz
- Demet Şahin
- Hasan Koçoğlu
- Ahmet Ünal Akkaya
- a unknown person
- Musa Aykanat
- Gökhan Aktaş
- Özgür Türk
- Cengiz Karakaş
- Mustafa Erol
- Ali Koyupınar
- Uğur Deve
- Ahmet Övet
- Orçun Ekenoğlu
- Sadık Eroğlu

free because of the resistance of the people:
- Murat Çam
- Sefer Çam
- Rıza Çam
- Eray Demirağ
- Ahmet Burak Eryılmaz
- Mutla Kansu
- 3 unknown person


source: www.halkinsesi-tv.com

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www.tayad-committee.info
www.political-prisoners.net
www.istanbul.indymedia.org