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Iy refer to fundamentalist actions . The meeting reportedly aÎlowed also warned Erbakan with a formalletter recently.
but said there were those who w.e~ the staunchly-secularist mili~,
involved in uncontemJ?011lfYactivI- worried by the surge of Islamt~m
The NSC communique showed the commanders were
against speculation about a coup in Turkey.
ties to threaten the regime. and angered by some provocative The Council, chaired by President Süleyman Demirel,
"We will not give any conces- statements from the Islamist politi- discussed the threats directed at the secular Republic. "'Ibe
sions from the contemporary.~nd
democratic values of the Turkish
cians, to let off steam.
The military staged a show of
(Islamist-Ied) coalition government's practices which
increase the threat," were raised in this re$ard.
Republic set up by Ataturk," the force by marching a column of The left-wing and conservative opposition parties which
communique said. tanks throu2h the streets of the have been unsuccessfully trying to oust the government
It said the nation. should ~ot be township oi Sincan near Ankara through corruption allegations against Foreign Minister
divided into secular ahd anti-secu- after an Islamist rally early last and DYP leader Tansu ~iIIer have shifted their focus on
lar poles. . month, setting off rumors of an Prime Minister Erbakan s Islamists.
The NSC commuOlque alSOimpending coup by the military The meeting also discussed intelligence reports which
declared the debates on the future who have taken over four times in warned that the activities of Muslim fanatics directed
of the regime did !11 0re harm to the four decades. towards the establishment of an Islamic state governed
country than proVide any benefits The statements of Iranian according to holy Koran had begun to arm themselves.
and urg~ everyone to e~d such ambassador Muhammad Reza Sources close to the government reported some speakers
speculatiC?nsabout the f81thof the Bagheri at the anti-Israel rally said the government should show greater vigilance against
democratic system.
It said such an adverse i~ge
soured relations with Iran which
the Islamist-Ied government was
the threat. The participants embraced the view that all state
institutions should show maximum care to protecting the
should not be created at a time seeking closer tics. The two coun- principle of secularism, which is one of the unalterable
when Turkey.is striving to enter the tries expelled each other' s top tenets of the Republic, gained support duri.n.gthe meeting.
Europe~ VOlon.as a full m~mber. diplomats in rece:\t days after a !~seem~~ Erbakan aJUee(ito be m?re sensitive on the
The high-powered Councll senior Turkish general called Iran a . threats to the secufarsystem whlle the commanders
which serves as a liaiso~ t;K>dy terrorist state. In a series of press acknowledged a coup w~uld do more h.arm to.~urkey than
between the powerful mlhtary and interviews and TV appearances, al!y good. ~ter the ~eeti~g. Deputy Prime MID1sterTansu
the civilian leaders also urged the President Suleyman Demirel has Ciller met ~I~ Intenor MIOlster Meral ~ner and .
extension of the emergency rule for been warning against a coup, while Defense MIOlster Turban Tayan for 25 MInutes at her resla
further four months - for the h . h' ed dence.
30th time - in nine southeastern at t ~ same time e IS~U str~)ßger The NSC also 'announced it had discussed Turkey's ties
provinces to facilitate the 13-year- wanungs to the Islam1sts agamst wit.hGreece and the CfPrus problem and had made a
old combat with separatist Kurdish
rebels.
excesses. d h D . I h d
It appeare t at emIre a
senes or recommendations to the government.
.
âAmnesty
INTERNATIONAL:
March 1997 Vol.27 No.2
----NEWS----
TURKEY
At about llam on 28 November
1996, anned men with portable
radios - apparently plainclothes
police officers - raided the home of 55-
year-old Fahriye Mordeniz in Diyarbakir
and took her away.An hour earlier, the
same men had picked up her husband,
58-year-old Mahmut Mordeniz, while he
was buying and selling livestock at the
crowded local market. As they hustled
Mahmut away,someone intelVened to ask
where they were taking him. "We are
taking him to give a statement, " was the
reply. The couple has not been seen since.
When relatives went to a nearby police
station they were told that the arrest had
been carried out by "the Anti-Terror
Branch". Subsequent petitions to courts,
prosecutors and police stations either
received no response or blank denial
that Fahriye Mordeniz and her husband
had been detained. Although both were
taken into custody in front of many
witnesses, all of them are wo frightened
to give statements. One local man who
had pursued the case of a "disappeared"
relative was himself"disappeared", and
there were at least Il "disappearances"
in the province of Diyarbakir at the end
of November 1996.
The couple has 10 children. Several
months before her "disappearance",
Fahriye Mordeniz had been detained in
Istanbul, where she had gone to meet a
son who lives abroad. Both mother and
son were interrogated by the police in
Istanbul, but released shortly afterwards.
Mahmut Mordeniz had never been
previously detained.
[îlPlease write, asking that the
whereabouts of Fahriye and Mahmut
Mordeniz be clarified and asking what
steps have been taken to investigate their
"disappearances", to: the Prime Minister,
Mr Necmettin Erbakan/ Office of the
Prime Minister/ Basbakanlik/ 06573
Ankara/ Turkey. Faxes: +90 312 417
0476
AM:-;ESlllNTERNATIONAL APPEALS
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