Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RIVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETÎ
scene. l'need to saythis openly. Wêhave
failed to take any steps toward dem~tization,
the human rights record and
enlarging the field of freedom. We even
havestepped backwards. We sawall
these easily from prison as weIL The
erup~io~s of racism, th~ ~ncre,ase.~f
nationaliSm, naturaUy;create$, a negaUye
scene.
TON- You have been sentenced to a
prison term of 20 months due to part of
one paragraph. You have served tlie term'
and been released. You had said that the
ideas that were mentioned in "The
Collapse of Paradigma" have been conflfffied.
Is this really true?
BA~KA YA- We had a talk with you
before I entered jail. And I told you that if
I were sentenced that would mean that the
state says, "Yes, what you have said was
true." Smce time has passed, it is possible
to claim this in a more open manner. It is
obvious that the paradigma has collapsed
and that this was proven several times.
Buf I need to explain that one paragraph.
A part of the book was about Kurds. The
whole of the book was a criticism of the
official view. I don't think that it is only
related to the book. I was a writ~r of
Özgür Gündem and a founder of Özgür
Umversity. These things are very i'!1por-
.tant in a country like Turkey, which IS not
a judiciary state nor even a a state of law.
It is neither a judiciary state nor a state of
law, because they even fail to implement
their own legislation.
TON- Then, the state should apologize
to you. You say that your claims have
beèn confIrined.
BA~K~ yA- I insist that my claims
havebeen confirmed. However, such a
thing will not take place in such a system.
I do.n't even expect an apology.
Thus, if those sections of society which
need democracy more than ever do not
push hard for it, the scope of freedom will
never be widened. That is why I believe it
is wron~ to assume that there is a direct
correlatIon between the legal process and
democratization. Because, what Ïs also
important is the way in which laws, regulatIOns
are issued. The powers behmd
t.hose laws o.r eills are alsoJmportant.
When we consider the present Parliament,
the government, we should not be expecting
much from them. The mission of the
members of these formations is to block
the way forward.
. We have to put terms, concepts where
they belong. Democracy? If we look at
this process in this country, we can easily
.see that no step has been taken for 70
years, because there is no tradition of
stru~gling for democracy in Turkey. The
sectIons of society which are really in
need of democracy do not push hard for
it. When this is the case the authorities -
those in power - always won the argument
ml gave nothing where democratization
is concerned. Even when they gave
some rights they took them back. For
~ample they drew up a constitution and
then they n.arrowed it down on the
groun4s that It was too much for society.
!he,nm the following years they abol-
Ished it as a whole.
If those who earn their living by their
labor.d0 n?t a.t:gue.strong~y and ask for
what IS therrs, It Will be difficult for this
country to attain ,democratization.
TON- What happened to your application
to the European Human RIghts
Commission?
BA~KA y A- I did apply and the
process continues. I tliink around
November, they'll consider whether to
accept my file or not. The Commission
has asked for à Turkish government statement
on the matter.
TDN~ Only a couple 'of dayshave
passed since your release from jail .. How
do you feel being at home? .
BASKAYA- To be honest with you, I'
feellike I have never been in jail. I feel
like I never left my house. I know it is
hard to believe this but.this is how I feel.
As if my wife, Sevinç, did not come to .
visit me 63 times.
'.
. We ~skèd Sevinçßa~kaya, wifeof
Fikret B~kaya, our last questJ.on..
TDN- Row did you survive this experi-,
ence. How did it affect you? .'
. S. BA~KA yA- It .~as very ilifficult at
fust. I felt so sad. Smce we were colleagues
too, we used.to go everywhere
together. We spent a great deal of our
time together.We did not experience
financial difficulties, but physiologically
it was very difficult. I am proud of my
husband. I always felt so. Of course we
were affected very much by the incident,.~
however, we are so happy at the moment.'
TON-.! would like to thank you both
y~ry m~ch. I hope you will not be put in
Jad agam.
S-P: BASKAYA-We
thimk you.'
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LE BIEN
PUBLIC
LES DEPECHES
DIMANCHE
18 juin 1995
Droits del/homme?
Ce s0r:tt des pays proches de
nous, où beaucoup se sont rendus ou
vont se rendre en voyage. Ces touristes
ne verront sans doute pas ce
dont deux livres portent témoignages.
Deux petits livres terribles - terriblement
accusateurs.
"La prison n05" par Mehdl Zena
(129p, 85F, ArI6a).- Qu'il ne fasse
pas bon être kurde sous le régime
turc, nul n'en doute, Mais, alors que
les médias occidentaux se sont très
vite désintéressés de l'opération ~e
.police" menée par l'armée turque
dans le sud-est du pays, le témoignage
de Mehdi Zana nous donne
toute l'ampleur, toute l'horreur de la
répression dont les Kurde~ font les
frais. Leader du mouVl"fi'lent démocratique,
élu maire de la principale
ville kurde de Turquie, [?iyarbakir
(plus d'un million et demi d'habitants)
il a fait comme une multitude de militants
kurdes l'objet de détentions, de
tortures, d'humiliations dont le récit
froid, objectif, mesuré qu'il en donne
souligne "abjecte férocité.
Aujourdhui, alors que la Turquie.
membre de l'OTAN, frappe à la porte
de la CEE, des avocats sont jugés par
le tribunal devant lequel ils sont e";
train de défendre un accusé. On ai;
merait croire que le sadisme férocequi
s'exerçait à l'encontre des déte~
nus comme Zanajusqu'à sa Iibératiori
(en 1991) n'est plus en vigueur ...
"Ces terribles enfants de Rus.
sie" (128p, 68F, Grlot).- Laissés pout,
compte du grand chambardement
russe, les enfants affrontent une situation
terrible de misère, d'abandon,
de dénuement, de désespérance absolue.
Soumis à toutes les violences,
à toutes les dé,viances, jetés sur le
trottoir. délinquants pour survivre, ou
tout simplement perdus dans un.
monde qui les ignore pour mieux faire
son .bizness", ils se confient, ils écrivent
aux journaux. Les confessions
de ces enfants d'un siècle pourri ont
de quoi nous faire frémir, qui maternons
nos propres rejetons dans
l'édredon du .cocooning" .....
J.PH. ME;STRE
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