KCK TRIALS : Indictment against KESK approved
ANKARA (DIHA) – 14.2.2013 – The Ankara 13th High Criminal Court has approved the indictment against 72 members of the Confederation of Public Laborer’s Unions (KESK) and unions affiliated to it, who were arrested in a so-called KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) operation in June 2012.
The Ankara 13th High Criminal Court has approved the indictment against 72 members of the Confederation of Public Laborer’s Unions (KESK) and unions affiliated to it, who were arrested in a so-called KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) operation in June 2012. The Ankara centered “KCK /Democratic Labor Platform (DEMEP)” operation on 25 June 2012 was simultaneously carried out in eight provinces, Ankara, Diyarbakır, İstanbul, Ağrı, Bitlis, Siirt, Adana and Eskişehir. The operation ended up with the detention of 72 union members, including KESK General Chairperson Lami Özgen, Tüm Bel-Sen Secretary İzzettin Alpergin, Eğitim Sen Secretary Mehmet Bozgeyik as well as many executives and members of primary unions.. In the indictment DEMEP is alleged to be the unionization of the KCK organization and consists of KESK and Eğitim Sen, Tüm Bel-Sen, BES, ESM, Tarım Orkam-Sen, Haber-Sen, Yapı Yol-Sen, BTS, SES, Kültür Sanat-Sen and DİVES.
All the legal works described as evidences of links to organization
In the indictment all 72 members of the union are accused of “being members of an armed organization” and all the legal works of the union are described as evidences of links to the organization. From 7,5 to 15 years prison sentence has been asked for each of the union members.
The first part of the indictment consists of ‘evidences’ prepared as a result of police’s audio surveillance of meetings by KESK and other unions affiliated to it. Union members, mentioned as DEMEP staff, are accused of fund-raising for KCK, training new staff during meetings, guiding other unions for staging demonstrations against issues beside the point of unions and determining the union’s agenda in line with the orders ruled by the organization.
The labourers who are in the indictement:
“Abdulgani Cayhan, Abdulkadir Baydur, Abdullah Karahan, Ahmet Koçyiğit, Alican Kaplan, Alipaşa Şanlı, Aykut Erhan Turgut, Ayten Tekeş, Bekir Gürbüz, Belgizar Sazak, Bülent Kaya, Cebrail Arslan, Cemil Özen, Cemile Duman, Cengiz Paycu, Cezmi Gündüz, Civan Yıldırım, Çerkez Aydemir, Deniz Bozbey, Devrim Kahraman, Emel Emre, Erdal Turan, Erdal Yılmaz, Faik Deli, Feruh Çelik, Fikret Çalağan, Hadi Aslan, Hamdullah Yıldırım, Hanım Koçyiğit, Hasan Kaldık, Hasan Ölgün, Hayati Mehmetoğlu, İlhan Akbaş, İsmail Remzi Kaya, İzzettin Alpergin, İzzettin Ekin, Kasım Birtek, Lami Özgen, Lokman Özdemir, Mehmet Arda, Mehmet Bozgeyik, Mehmet Sadık Varli, Mehmet Sezgin İbin, Mehmet Sıddık Akın, Mesut Fırat, Metin Vuranok, Murat İrfan Işık, Mustafa Bozan, Mütahir Karakuş, Müzahit Karakuş, Nihat Kılınçalp, Niyazi Yılmaz, Osman İşçi, Özkan Yorgun, Reşit Sünbül, Sadrettin Kaya, Sakine Esen Yılmaz, Salih Ersan, Seyran Şık, Sibel Anıl, Sinan Gündüz, Sinan Muşlu, Şahin Kayıkçı, Şerif İldoğan, Tarık Kaya, Veysel Özhekti, Yılmaz Güneş, Yılmaz Meşeli, Yılmaz Yıldırımcı, Yunus Akıl, Yusuf Kösele and Zeyyad Ceylan.”