Kurdish Assocations raided & sealed in Van and Amed

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Associations in Amed sealed

As part of the emergency decree issued by the AKP government, associations such as Mesopotamia Lawyers Association, Kurdish Authors Association, GÖÇ-DER, MEYA-DER and Dicle Fırat Culture Center have been sealed.

The associations that were shut down last night as part of the statement the Ministry of Interior Affairs made in reference to the 11th article of the State of Emergency are being sealed one by one. 47 of these associations are in Amed and are being sealed today.

Police officers besieged the Free Women’s Congress – KJA center in Amed’s Kayapınar district and began to seal the office. Officers also raided the Dicle Fırat Culture Center in Sur district, and informed the Kurdish Authors Association that they would soon start the closure procedures. Another NGO whose office has been sealed is Solidarity Association with Migrants (GÖÇ-DER).

Mesopotamia Solidarity with the Families of the Disappeared (MEYA-DER) and Mesopotamia Lawyers Association (MHD) are other associations in Amed that have been shut down.

24 associations raided and sealed in Van

24 associations operating in Van were sealed by police officers today.

After the Ministry of Interior Affair’s announcement, 24 associations operating in Van were sealed by police officers today. Police officers raided and sealed the offices of associations such as MKM, KURDİ-DER, MEYADER, TUYAD-DER and VAKAD.

Treasury and police officers also raided the office of Van Women’s Association, one of the most influential NGOs of the region, seized many documents and sealed the office.

The TUYAD-DER, MEYADER and KURDİ-DER offices in Faruk Levent Business Center were also raided and sealed.

Below are the 24 associations that were raided and sealed today in Van:

-Van Migration Problems Scientific Research and Culture Association

-Van Hacıbekir Neighborhood Free Citizens Association

-Van Clergymen Aid and Solidarity Association

-Yeni Mahalle Free People’s Association

-Seyit Fehim Avrasi Neighborhood Free Society Center

-Van Combating Poverty and Sustainable Development Association

-Özalp Democratic Youth Association

-Van Serhat Mesopotamia Culture and Arts Association

-Serhat Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Alipaşa Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Selimbey Neighborhood Association

-Hoşap Combating Poverty and Sustainable Development Association

-Vali Mithat Bey Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Bostaniçi Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Halilağa Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Esenler Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-İskele Neighborhood Democratic People’s Assembly Association

-Karşıkaya Neighborhood Education Culture and Solidarity Association

-Van Mesopotamia Youth Research Center Association

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DTK: We call upon everyone to resist together

Democratic Society Congress (DTK) issued a statement on the recent closures of non-governmental organizations and called upon to protest and resist the closures.

Democratic Society Congress (DTK) issued a written statement on the recent closures of non-governmental organizations. In its statement, DTK said that the AKP government and Erdoğan have carried out a coup of their own and are attacking all democratic opposition organizations, media organs, intellectuals and universities. DTK emphasized that the AKP government first targeted opposition media organizations and then arrested journalists, workers, parliamentarians and co-mayors.

DTK said that in the latest phase of their attacks, Erdoğan and the AKP government closed down nearly 400 non-governmental organizations overnight, and described these NGOs as the necessary elements of democratic societies that shape the vision and perspective of society. DTK said “A society without NGOs cannot have expectations from the future, and the attacks prove that Turkey is in a process of coups and is headed for an authoritarian dictatorship.”

DTK warned that those that are silent in the face of attacks would soon themselves be attacked by the state, and democratic gains are at great risk if these fascist policies are not met with resistance. Lastly, DTK called upon all democratic individuals and institutions to protest and resist the recent closures of NGOs, and condemned the AKP government’s fascist policies that threaten the union, fraternity, future and democracy of the peoples.

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Ministry of Interior Affairs announced that it closed down 370 non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

In its statement, the ministry said ''As part of the 11th article of the Law of State of Emergency, 153 Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization, 190 PKK/KCK, 19 DHKP-C, and 8 ISIS related associations; a total of 370, have been shut down.

Our investigation is on-going, and we will continue our struggle against all structures, groups and institutions that are connected to terrorist organizations with determination.''

I expect more will follow

Remember the poem:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Kurds should work together or they might end up alone without any support