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To all the earth and the comrades of conscience,

On 6th of January 2010, in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, a press release was
arranged on Yuksel Street, for solidarity with conscience objector Enver Aydemir.

The Agile Police Force, waiting in the permitted explanation to finish, took the
group into a chamber and asked everybody for their  IDs. The police normally would
not ask for ID in such a “constitutional” and “unsevere” and the “citizen” activist
has no such obligation ask to inform the police before a press release.

And the police’s asking for all the participants of the demonstration for IDs, who
are against war and violance and objecting  the imprisonment of a conscience
objector is for the purpose of guaranteeing arresting and following imprisonment.

Some 100 members of Agile Police Force who surrounded the activists, mostly
composing of anarchists attacked on them with all of their power within a few
seconds. The violance, sexual assault and indignity ongoing by the road, all went on
through the custodial prison –where they stayed more than 20 hours- and courthouse
The police accused the activists for resisting them and alienating the public from
military obligation and assault. All the  activists, after being subject to heavy
physical pressure in the police station, were forced to sign the affirmations which
were already prepared by the police itself. In response to this treatment, the
activists preferred to use their right to silence. At the same night, as the
activists were under custody, this unlawful and arbitral treatment and the violance
of the police has been protested in Ankara. And the imprisoned anti-militarists,
after being imprisoned for a night, were brought to the Ankara Courthouse. And in
the Courthouse, they were hugged by anti-militarists, feminists and their families
with a strong support. They supported them by slogans and applaueses, The prisoners
were first brought to judicial medicine and then to the attorney for affirmation. As
anarchist Volkan Sevinç transferred to the court for the demand of being arrested,
22 of the activists were released. The case was suddenly done. To Volkan, the case
was not so much different then an enactment. Since the hieararchy from the judge to
the police officers had already made up their decisions; They were decisive about
arresting Volkan. The judge acceded the press explanation as an “unlawful” meeting
and Volkan Sevinç with administrating that meeting and with a gun. Besides these,
they have decided that he had the chance of befogging the evidences.


And as an evidence they were claiming a knife though he refused that it does not
belong to him and for that he refused body search. And the law of the power, who
claims that he “managed” the illegal meeting, impounded Volkan into Ankara No. 1
Prison..

As Volkan being taken to prison vehicle his comrades and supporters shouted slogans.
Everybody in there shouted out that they all walk shoulder to shoulder against
fascism and the salvation shall be altogether but not alone. What was that made
Volkan releasing his strong fist and chilling everybody around is the slogan of
“Rebellion, Revolution, Anarchy”. As a result, Volkan Sevinç was imprisoned into the
prison of the power because he rejected the death and killing.

This fact tells so clearly that the power is together with death and violance but
not with life; and democracy is just a dishonest lie; and it tells more clearer and
beter than more than hundreds of pages of a book.

And in the following day, on 8th of January 2010, Volkan’s comrades and his
supporters protested the situation. All the same were written on the banners: The
Consciences Can’t Be Imprisoned, Volkan sevinç Is Liberalizing” . On the banner in
Ankara’s press release there was the sign “Freedom For Anti-Militarist Prisoners”.
On the other hand, another person in Istanbul expressed his conscience objection in
the same action. And again in the same action a person had a heart attack due to the
assault of the police. He is under intensive care right now.


On the lands we used to live in, violance disturbs each of us all the time. The
conditions are not bearable so more and forcing our souls. In this psycological and
conventional war every thing becomes clearer day after day. The regnants of this
country still share the power with a insincerety, which was defined by the
anarchists before a 100 years ago.

The war, which has been started by the capitalism centuries ago against the
existence and souls of the Anarchists, Kurds, Homosexuals, Transgenders and Gypsies
and all other individuals which contradict with the typology of the "subject
citizen" created by the power itself, keeps going on with all its nastyness and
tricks.

The war and militarism are neither military obligation nor shooting a gun. So,
against such a social structure, in such a period, the only thing that should be
done is to refuse the death. That is why Volkan Sevinç is in prison right now; for
he rejected death and killing.

The aim of this text is to call you –for the ones of who did not give their
consciences- for sticking with our imprisoned comrade Volkan. Now, we need
solidarity more than ever. Our primary need is the action support for this period.
To show that Volkan’s conscience is not alone at all.


You can follow all the process about anarchist and anti-militarist Volkan Sevinç at
www.ahaligazetesi. org and you can contact us at ahaligazetesi@ gmail.com