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'SABAHATTIN ALI, LIKE DINK, WAS KILLED FOR OPPOSING DEEP STATE'
Today's Zaman
Feb 22 2012
Turkey
The daughter of renowned Turkish poet and writer Sabahattin Ali
has said her father, like Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
was killed because of his opposition to the deep state.
Ali, known for his strong opposition to the state, was convicted
of insulting the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in one of
his poems in 1932. He served time in the Konya and Sinop prisons but
was released after a general amnesty granted on the 10th anniversary
of the republic in 1933. Ali was murdered while trying to flee the
country on April 1, 1948. His body was found on June 16. It became
evident that Ali Ertekin, a smuggler, was the killer; however, the
motive behind the murder remained a mystery.
"Why was Hrant Dink killed? We need to ask this. It would be wrong to
label these murders [Dink and Ali's killings] as simple murders. There
is a supra-party state here. Everyone knows that there is a reality
called the deep state in Turkey. This is a monolithic concept. The
state structure, which never accepts criticism, has destroyed everyone
who opposed, for any reason, its deeply rooted policies. The system
functions this way," said Ali's daughter, Filiz Ali, in an interview
with the Yeni 癬^afak daily that was published on Wednesday.
Dink was murdered in 2007 by an ultranationalist youth in 襤stanbul,
the masterminds of which still remain a mystery.
In the interview, Ali also commented on the recent statements of
Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu, who
admitted that the CHP was behind Ali's murder.
K覺l覺cdaroglu, who recently spoke in critical terms of several
acts committed by the CHP during its 27 years of single-party rule
in the early years of the Turkish Republic, said during a television
program earlier this month that it was the CHP that killed Ali and that
renowned Turkish poet Naz覺m Hikmet was imprisoned for his political
views. "Who sent Naz覺m Hikmet to jail? Who killed Sabahattin Ali? The
CHP. We will always admit the reality, but it is not correct to abuse
the wrongdoings of the CHP," he said.
Commenting on K覺l覺cdaroglu's remarks, Filiz Ali said it is a
significant step for the CHP to confront its own history, while noting
that K覺l覺cdaroglu's acknowledgment of what happened was a first.
"My father was killed when the CHP was in power. I was pleased with
the current CHP leader for mentioning the truth," Filiz Ali said.
From: A. Papazian
Today's Zaman
Feb 22 2012
Turkey
The daughter of renowned Turkish poet and writer Sabahattin Ali
has said her father, like Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
was killed because of his opposition to the deep state.
Ali, known for his strong opposition to the state, was convicted
of insulting the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in one of
his poems in 1932. He served time in the Konya and Sinop prisons but
was released after a general amnesty granted on the 10th anniversary
of the republic in 1933. Ali was murdered while trying to flee the
country on April 1, 1948. His body was found on June 16. It became
evident that Ali Ertekin, a smuggler, was the killer; however, the
motive behind the murder remained a mystery.
"Why was Hrant Dink killed? We need to ask this. It would be wrong to
label these murders [Dink and Ali's killings] as simple murders. There
is a supra-party state here. Everyone knows that there is a reality
called the deep state in Turkey. This is a monolithic concept. The
state structure, which never accepts criticism, has destroyed everyone
who opposed, for any reason, its deeply rooted policies. The system
functions this way," said Ali's daughter, Filiz Ali, in an interview
with the Yeni 癬^afak daily that was published on Wednesday.
Dink was murdered in 2007 by an ultranationalist youth in 襤stanbul,
the masterminds of which still remain a mystery.
In the interview, Ali also commented on the recent statements of
Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu, who
admitted that the CHP was behind Ali's murder.
K覺l覺cdaroglu, who recently spoke in critical terms of several
acts committed by the CHP during its 27 years of single-party rule
in the early years of the Turkish Republic, said during a television
program earlier this month that it was the CHP that killed Ali and that
renowned Turkish poet Naz覺m Hikmet was imprisoned for his political
views. "Who sent Naz覺m Hikmet to jail? Who killed Sabahattin Ali? The
CHP. We will always admit the reality, but it is not correct to abuse
the wrongdoings of the CHP," he said.
Commenting on K覺l覺cdaroglu's remarks, Filiz Ali said it is a
significant step for the CHP to confront its own history, while noting
that K覺l覺cdaroglu's acknowledgment of what happened was a first.
"My father was killed when the CHP was in power. I was pleased with
the current CHP leader for mentioning the truth," Filiz Ali said.
From: A. Papazian