• ALL,  Turkey

    A LETTER BY ARRESTED AND TORTURED PROSECUTOR YIGIT KACAR FROM SANLIURFA PRISON IN TURKEY

    (translator known   Today is August 12, 2017. So the 1st anniversary of my imprisonment. Innocently, in a tiny room, between four walls, I spent a whole year, a whole year cost me such as a life time, apart from my loved ones. During my stay here, I always thought what I did the same day last year. Last year we were at the festival, we celebrated the birthday of my children in here, we welcomed the newyear eve at Ayder Plateau, we were at Kaçkarlar at that time, this time we were together with our friends … From now on, every day when I remember last year, I will…

  • ALL,  Turkey

    A LETTER BY ARRESTED PROSECUTOR YIGIT KACAR FROM PRISON/TURKEY

    (translator known by editor) Here is the letter: To my friends; We say, “justice will prevail sooner or later,” and “Justice delayed is justice denied”… But how much do these two statements contradict each other whereas? If justice delayed is justice denied, how sooner or later it can prevail ? how one calls justice that prevails so late ? I have spent 11 months in prison today. How much longer do I have to wait for this justice to prevail itself? If I release tomorrow, will this be fair? And I am not going to be released tomorrow. My indictment was written a month and a half ago, but heavens…

  • ALL,  Turkey

    The real reason behind the arrest warrants is their commitment to justice

    (author know to editor)   @JHofTURKEY shared a tweet flood, which includes some quotation from a newspaper interviewed with three judges’s wifes (two of them also dismissed judges). They live in Turkey, and seem to me crying for you for help to reach them. I am sure the jounalist will happly give their information, and urge you to help them, show they are not alone. 1- Ayse says My husband is in a cell for months, never sees the sky. 2-She continues “as if we were buried alive since the coup attempt.” 3-“a five square meter cell, with a toilet for 60 persons.” adds Hatice. 4-“presented to a bloody young…