Democratic Palestine : 39 (ص 23)
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sure from the people, to prevent an
explosion.
However, the aggravated con-
tradictions, chained down for many
years, quickly grew sharper and came
out in the open with the resistance and
protests of the Kurdish people, work-
ers, students and peasants. Unrest has
broken out even in the army where
young officers began to send President
Ozal letters declaring they could not
get used to his style of government, his
methods and various things taking
place under his rule. The result was
that 1,000 officers were dismissed from
the army in May.
Ozal’s Motherland Party (ANAP)
had succeeded in winning 60% of the
seats in the parliament even though it got
only 26% of the votes, thanks to the elec-
toral law it passed and revised to its own
advantage. ANAP’s support is now down
to 14%, according to surveys made in
April. Despite diminishing electoral sup-
port, ANAP uses its parliamentary
majority to block early elections and to
expand its grip on all posts of authority.
Relying on this parliamentary majority,
Ozal got himself elected as president. He
continues to control ANAP, eventhough
the president isn’t supposed to be linked
to political parties. He controls the
ANAP government too. Scandals involv-
ing Ozal’s critics keep mysteriously pop-
ping up. The political crisis has acquired
dimensions which a «democratic» regime
could no longer bear.
The authorities’ premeditated plans
had failed in the face of the rising tide of
popular opposition. September 12th had
no way out but to repeat itself. Early in
April, the ruling ANAP and the opposi-
tion (Demirel’s Right Way Party and
Social Democratic Populist Party) left
aside their differences and formed an
anti-terror alliance in the face of the
popular resistance; the target seemed to
be the Kurdish intifada, but in effect it
covered the whole of Turkey. The
bourgeois opposition gave a priori con-
sent to the measures the government
would take against «terrorism.»
Decree no. 413:
Exile-censorship-special forces-
free hand for torture and
repression
The 1981 constitution had created
the conditions whereby martial law cir-
cumstances could be imposed without
having to declare it, which would
amount to a break for the «democratic
regime.» Decree No. 413 did just this:
—All publications carrying «false
reports» concerning government
activities in Kurdistan, disseminating
«false» information or commentaries,
or adversely affecting public order in
the region, causing excitement among
the masses, and/or preventing the sec-
urity forces from carrying out their
duties, would be banned or confiscated
and destroyed in the whole of Turkey.
—All printing houses publishing such
publications would be closed down.
—<«<False» and insulting information
about the authorities would be
punished by very high fines.
—Radio programs concerning the reg-
ion must be approved by the Ministry
of Interior and National Security
Council.
—Those suspected of supporting PKK
or of carrying out «harmful» activities
shall be sent into exile and will have to
live in places designated by the Reg-
ional Governor.
—Government officials suspected of
«harmful» activities shall be dismissed
or transferred to other regions.
—The Governor will have the right to
stop trade union activities. The Reg-
ional Governor is free to take all mea-
sures necessary to prevent activities
violating the «freedom of work.»
—Governors, authorities and security
forces will not be accountable before
the law for their practices.
—All sentences have been doubled
concerning supporting illegal activities
and/or hiding those wanted by the
authorities.
—The Regional Governor was given
special authority to demand that cases
be filed by the prosecutor in the
National Security Court.
—The Regional Governor has the
authority to evacuate the population
from any region it considers necessary
and/or to combine several areas into
one.
—Applications for transfer out of the
region are welcome; jobs will be pro-
vided.
Prime Minister Y. Akbulut an-
nounced that: «The threat levelled
against the indivisible unity of the
State as a country and a nation, shall
be stopped by arms. There is no other
way out. The basic principle is to face
armed attacks with arms... They have
supporters in the region, though few.
This must be admitted. For these inci-
dents have been going on since 1984...
Those supporting them must be
severely punished when caught... The
work of the security forces is growing
more and more difficult. Terrorists
dress and behave like the people of the
region; it is difficult to tell the differ-
ence between the two... Terror is not
directed against the government but
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