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TURKISH PUBLISHER ZARAKOLU SENDS FIRST LETTER FROM PRISON
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 4, 2011 - 11:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In his first letter sent from prison through his
lawyer Ozcan Kilic, publisher Ragip Zarakolu said: "My arrest and
the accusation of membership of an illegal organization are parts of
a campaign aiming to intimidate all intellectuals and democrats of
Turkey and particularly to deprive the Kurds of any support."
As reported by Bianet, Zarakolu said that during the raid in his
house the police confiscated only few books as "evidences of crime"
and found nothing about his so-called relations with any organization.
The books confiscated as "evidences of crime" are the 2nd volume
of Vatansiz Gazeteci (Stateless Journalist) by Dogan Ozguden, chief
editor of Info-Turk, Habiba by Ender Ondes, Peace Process by Yuksel
Genc, manuscripts three books about the Armenian Genocide and the
Armenian History.
He added that at the police headquarters, all his bank and credit
cards were confiscated.
Reminding that he is invited as speaker to many conferences abroad,
mainly next week to Berlin, later on to the U.S. University Colgate,
Los Angeles and Michigan, Zarakolu said: "The government should give
them an answer explaining the real raison of my arrest."
Zarakolu concluded his letter with the following appeal: "During my
interrogation, they did not ask any question about the organization
of which I was accused of being a member. They questioned me only
about the books that I wrote or edited for publication, the public
meetings where I spoke or attended. I think that everybody should
jointly react against this campaign of arrests that turns into a
collective lynching. These illegal practices should be stopped."
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 4, 2011 - 11:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In his first letter sent from prison through his
lawyer Ozcan Kilic, publisher Ragip Zarakolu said: "My arrest and
the accusation of membership of an illegal organization are parts of
a campaign aiming to intimidate all intellectuals and democrats of
Turkey and particularly to deprive the Kurds of any support."
As reported by Bianet, Zarakolu said that during the raid in his
house the police confiscated only few books as "evidences of crime"
and found nothing about his so-called relations with any organization.
The books confiscated as "evidences of crime" are the 2nd volume
of Vatansiz Gazeteci (Stateless Journalist) by Dogan Ozguden, chief
editor of Info-Turk, Habiba by Ender Ondes, Peace Process by Yuksel
Genc, manuscripts three books about the Armenian Genocide and the
Armenian History.
He added that at the police headquarters, all his bank and credit
cards were confiscated.
Reminding that he is invited as speaker to many conferences abroad,
mainly next week to Berlin, later on to the U.S. University Colgate,
Los Angeles and Michigan, Zarakolu said: "The government should give
them an answer explaining the real raison of my arrest."
Zarakolu concluded his letter with the following appeal: "During my
interrogation, they did not ask any question about the organization
of which I was accused of being a member. They questioned me only
about the books that I wrote or edited for publication, the public
meetings where I spoke or attended. I think that everybody should
jointly react against this campaign of arrests that turns into a
collective lynching. These illegal practices should be stopped."