Onur Yılmaz’a Özgürlük!
Polen Ekoloji Enstitüsü eski eşbaşkanı ve Polen Ekoloji Kolektifi üyesi Onur Yılmaz, 25 Haziran günü Türkiye’ye giriş yaparken Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’nda gözaltına alınmış, 27 Haziran’da ise çıkarıldığı mahkeme tarafından tutuklanmıştır. Onur’un katıldığı panel ve etkinliklerin yanı sıra bir itirafçının beyan ve iftiraları karara gerekçe yapılmıştır.
Onur, bu ülkenin bir yurttaşı, bu gezegenin bir ferdi olarak kapitalizmin yarattığı ekolojik yıkıma karşı Kazma Bırak Kampanyası’ndan Yeryüzü Sosyal Konferansı’na, Yaşam Altından Değerlidir Kampanyası’ndan halkların Glasgow Anlaşması’na geniş bir yelpazede mücadele etmiş; kendisini havanın, suyun, yaşam alanlarımızın, Ege’nin zeytinliklerini madencilerden koruma mücadelesi veren yoksul köylülerinin, Karadeniz’in ormanlarını kitle turizmi kârı peşinde mahvedenlere karşı çıkan halkın, kentlerde her parselin betonlaşması karşısında yeşil alana aç kalan işçi ve emekçinin savunmasına adamış bir arkadaşımızdır. Sosyalizm ve ekoloji mücadelesinin pratik yönünün örgütlenmesine getirdiği dinamizmin yanı sıra Onur, çeviri ve orjinal makalelerle, katıldığı ulusal ve uluslararası konferanslardaki konuşmalarıyla konunun düşünsel boyutuna da önemli katkılarda bulunmuştur.
Devlet tarafından yolu açılan şirketler ormanları, suyu, toprağın altını ve üstünü talana devam ederken, buna karşı mücadelesi suç unsuru olarak kabul edilen Onur’un tutuklanmasına sessiz kalmıyoruz!
Onur Yılmaz’ın adil yargılanmasını ve kendisine yöneltilen suçlamaların açıklanması da dâhil olmak üzere yasal haklarına tam olarak saygı gösterilmesini derhal ve koşulsuz olarak sağlanmasını; adil yargılanma ve adalete erişim haklarını güvence altına almak için gerekli tüm tedbirlerin alınmasını talep ediyoruz.
Her koşulda, Türkiye’deki tüm iklim aktivistlerinin doğayı savunma amaçlarını misilleme, usulsüz kısıtlamalar veya adli taciz korkusu olmadan gerçekleştirebilmelerini talep ediyoruz.
Aşağıda imzası bulunan kişi ve kuruluşlar, savcılığa, ilgili mahkemeye ve Türk makamlarına, uluslararası toplumun Türkiye’deki iklim aktivistlerine yönelik muameleyi yakından izlediğini hatırlatır. Onur Yılmaz’a karşı yapılanlar sadece kendisini etkilemekle kalmamakta, aynı zamanda ülkedeki adalet ve hukukun üstünlüğü algısını da etkilemektedir.
Onur Yılmaz’a özgürlük!
Free Onur Yılmaz!
Onur Yılmaz, former co-chair of Polen Ecology Institute and member of Polen Ecology Collective, was detained at Sabiha Gökçen Airport on 25 June while entering Turkey and was arrested by the court on 27 June. In addition to the panels and events Onur participated in, the statements and slanders of a confessor were used as justification for the decision.
As a citizen of this country, as a human living on this planet, Onur has fought against the ecological destruction created by capitalism in a wide range of activities, from the “Don’t Dig It” campaign to the Earth Social Conference, from the “Life is Worth More than Gold” campaign to the Glasgow Agreement; he has devoted himself to the defence of air, water, our living spaces, the poor peasants struggling to protect the olive groves of the Aegean from mining companies, the people opposing those who destroy the forests of the Black Sea in pursuit of mass tourism profits, the workers and labourers starving for green space in the face of the concretisation of every parcel in the cities. In addition to the dynamism he has brought to the organisation of the practical side of the struggle for socialism and ecology, Onur has also made important contributions to the intellectual dimension of the struggle with his translations and original articles as well as his speeches at national and international conferences.
While corporations continue the state-facilitated plunder of forests, fresh water sources, above- and below-ground ecosystems, we cannot remain silent to Onur’s arrest, whose struggle against all this is considered a criminal offence.
We demand that Onur Yılmaz be immediately and unconditionally afforded a fair trial and that his legal rights be fully respected, including the disclosure of the accusations against him. We demand that all necessary measures be taken to guarantee the rights to due process and access to justice for Onur Yılmaz. Furthermore, we demand for climate activists in Turkey to be able to carry out their goal of defending nature without fear of reprisal, undue restrictions, or judicial harassment under any circumstances.
The undersigned people and organizations remind the prosecution office, the relevant court, and the Turkish authorities that the international community is closely monitoring the treatment of climate activists in Turkey. The actions taken against Onur Yılmaz do not only affect him but also impact the broader perception of justice and the rule of law within the country.
Free Onur Yılmaz!
Signatories / İmzalar:
Abdulvahap Irmak
Adhiraaj Anand
Adnan Ekşigil
Aglaé Jézéquel, IPSL
Alex Demirovic, Goethe University Frankfurt
Ali Ekber Doğan
Ali Kerem Saysel, Boğaziçi University
Ali Rocha, Brazil Matters
Alper Duman, İzmir University of Economics
Anders Giertz
Andreas Novy, , University of Vienna
Andrés Figueroa Cornejo, Periodista
Andrew Crawford, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Aneta Wielgosz, University of Warsaw
Anita Engels, University of Hamburg
Anna Dzierzgowska
Anna Fünfgeld, University of Hamburg
Anna Krasnowolska, Universität Jagiellonski
Anna Ptak, University of Warsaw
Anna Sach, University of Amsterdam
Anwesha Aditi, Sapienza University, Rome
Armağan Tulun, Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP), Turkey
Arpat Özgül, University of Zurich
ASEED (Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Diversity)
Aslı Çiğdem Öztürk Bengi
Aslı Odman
Aykut Çoban
Aysu Yumuşak
Ayvalık Tabiat Platformu
Aziz Genç, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Bengi Akbulut
Beyza Üstün
Björn Jarisch
Broulaye BAGAYOKO, Réseau CADTM Afrique
Burak Sayım, University of Anwertp
Campaign For Corporate Accountability
Cansu Özsoy
Cansu Yumuşak
Carl Cassegård, University of Gothenburg
Carlota Rillo Gorgemand, Red de Hermandad y Solidaridad con Colombia
Cem Iskender Aydın
Cemil Aksu
Cemil Tosunoğlu
CETIM (Centre Europe Tiers Monde)
Charles Post, City University of New York
Christine Hentschel, University of Hamburg
Christoph Goerg, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Christopher Houston, Macquarie University
Clara Niestadtkötter
Claudia Lukes, ECOsinergia
Climate Vanguard
Climatestrike Switzerland
Clive L. Spash, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Confederation of Oppressed Immigrants in Europe (AVEG-KON)
Congreso de los Pueblos (Columbia)
Cömert Uygar Erdem
Cornelius Haritz, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Dariusz Lisowski
Derya Akyol – Mezopotamya Ekoloji Hareketi
Derya Bengi
Diana Sofía González Delgado, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Dilşa Deniz
Dimitris Mizaras, MTL (Marxist Workers’ League,Finland)
Dobrosława Mach, Krakow University of Economics
Doğan Doğan
Domingo Huguet, Opción Obrera
Duygu Avcı, İzmir Planlama Ajansı
Ahmet Tonak, Smith College
Edgar Mojica Vanegas, CUT
Efadul Haq, Smith College
Elias Khalil
Elina Leybold, Leiden University
Elizabeth Olivera sanjuan, Colectiva de Liderezas en Movimiento
Equipo Juridico Pueblos, Lawyers Guild (Columbia)
Eren Can İleri
Erhan Akarçay
Erhan İçöz, Ege Çevre Platformu
Erol Balkan, Hamilton College
Esra Başak
Esra Mungan
Eva López, Opción Obrera
Eylül Seren Kösel
Fatma Edemen, Jagiellonian University
Fatma Gözde Çilingir, University of Zurich
Fatma Merve Genç Kurşun
Fatoş Negiş Çırnaz, Nükleer Karşıtı Platform
Feef Anthony
Feyzi Ismail, University of London
Filip Ilkowski, University of Warsaw
Filiz Ufuk Çilek, Kuşadası Çevre Platformu
Franz Tödtling, ISSET Vienna
Bégéneix, Renaissance Ouvrière Révolutionnaire
Gaja Brecelj
Gençay Gürsoy
Ghita Faiad
Giulia Di Martino, Arci Porco Rosso
Gloria Amparo Silva, Equipo Jurídico Pueblos
Gregor Benton, Cardiff University
Güner Yalınç
Güney Işıkara, New York University
Heidi Müller, Le Silure
Heleen ter Horst
Hülya Ekşigil
Hüsnü Yılmaz, FIJDDH
Neşe Özgen, Universität Osnabrück
Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca, Orient-Institut Istanbul
İklim Adaleti Koalisyonu
Ilia Farahani, Lund University
İlkay Nişancı
İlker Ataç, Fulda University
Ilya Dziomber, Climate Scientist
Indi Kryg, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Ingrid Hanon
Irmak Ertör, Boğaziçi University
Irvin Cemil Shick
Isa Sanchez, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities
Isabel Galindo, Moneda Social Economía Social
Isabelle Probst
Jacek Drozda
Jakub Gogolewski
James K. Boyce, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Janette Kotivirta, Students for Palestine (Finland)
Jason W. Moore, Binghamton University
Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Jędrzej Burszta, University of Warsaw
Joanna Bocheńska, Jagiellonian University
John Bellamy Foster, University of Oregon
Jorge Eliecer Manjarres Vasquez, lawyer
Jorge Enrique Meza Estimbre, Unión Sindical Obrera USO
José Capitan, Opción Obrera
Juan Carlos Aguilar Duran, Comisionado Nacional DDHH y Paz. USO
Judith Pape
Julia Hettinger
Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne
Julian Lovreglio, La Sapienza University of Rome
Juliana Tappe Ortiz, University of Tübingen
Juneseo Hwang, University of Hamburg
Kai Heron, Lancaster University
Kamel Mohanna, Amel International
Karol Kaczorowski, Krakow University of Economics
Karolina Rakowiecka, Asgari, Jagiellonian University
Katarzyna Bielińska, University of Warsaw
Katarzyna Bilewska
Katarzyna Wiekiera, Workshop for All Beings
Katharina Pühl, Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung, Berlin
Kelly Medina, CNA
Kenyon Cavender, Binghamton University
Kevin Young, University of Massachusetts
Korkut Boratav, Ankara University
Kutlu Danê, Revolutionary Marxism Journal
Kuşadası Çevre Platformu
Kübra Gümüşay
Laura Horn, Roskilde University
Lea Kammler, University of Hamburg
Léna Silberzahn, Maastricht University
Levent Akcasu, Yeşil Yaşam İnsiyatifi
Lina Ebbecke, lawyer
Lina Eklund, Lund University
Lisa Fritsch, University Freiburg
Lorenz Keysser, University of Lausanne
Loris Petrini, Central European University
Lukas Kluge, Nødbremsen
Łukasz Drozda, University of Warsaw
Maciej Grodzicki, Universität Jagiellonski
Marcela Andrade, Amnesty International
Marcin Skupiński, University of Warsaw
Magda Bodzan, University of Warsaw
Magdalena Gnigler
Marc Palau
Marcello Avanzini, University of Palermo
Margarita Cruz, DeudaxClima Colombia
María Alejandra Aguilera Blanco, Red de Defensores por la Dignidad y el Territorio
Marianne Villalobos
Maša Dolanc
Mateusz Laszczkowski, The University of Manchester
Mateusz M. Kłagisz, Universität Jagiellonski
Mathilde Rain
Matthias Grotkopp, Freie Universität Berlin
Matthias Schmelzer, University of Flensburg
Maxence Pourbaix
Mehmet Rauf Kesici, Freie Universität Berlin
Merlijn Kersten, ZBOR
Metod Miklič
Mezopotamya Ekoloji Hareketi
Michael Albert, University of Edinburgh
Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Michael Hintz, HWG Ludwigshafen
Michal Gilewski, University of Warsaw
Miguel Ramos Jaimes, SINEDIAN
Miroslav Lakota
Mojca Žerak, Trade Union Mladi Plus
Morgan Nusbaumer, Climat et Justice Sociale
Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi, University of Lausenne
Muhammed Elnaiem, Decolonial Center
Muhammed Kaya, Bremen University
Murad Akincilar
Mustafa Durmuş
Nafiz Güder
Naomi Anne Kubota, Usingen-Merzhausen
Nejla Kurul
Neşe Özgen
Neşecan Balkan, Hamilton College
Nevio Moreschi, Masaryk Universiy
Nina Trdan, University of Ljubljana
Nina Vodopivec, Institute of Contemporary History
Nurbahar Usta, Hacettepe University
Özdeniz Pektaş, Revolutionary Marxism Journal
Özgür Narin
Pablo Montoto, Extinction Rebellion Murcia
Paloeka de Koning
Patrick Schläfli, University of Bern
Paul Cooney, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brasil
Pavithra Sarma, SGSSS-ESRC
Philipp Jacobi, University of Hamburg
Pınar Demircan
Pınar Dinç, Lund University
Piotr Kowzan, University of Gdańsk
Piotr Trzaskowski
Pride Rebellion
Radosław Gawlik, Stowarzyszenie Ekologiczne EKO-UNIA
Raisa Hilmiyati
Ramazan Sağ
Raoul Koudijs, Debt for Climate
Reyhan Erdem
Ronay Gündüz, Boğaziçi University
Paolo Huiterres, Movimento Sem Terra
Pepa Cascales, lawyer
Pierre Maison
Reinhart Kössler, ABI Freiburg
Richard Tomšík, Comenius University
Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Robin Augsburger, University of Lausanne
Sabina Bebcakovq, Comenius University
Sasa Solujic
Saša Kralj, Umanotera
Sašo Mlinar
Savas Michael, EEK (Workers Revolutionary Party) – Greece
Seher Koşar
Sevda Yılmaz
Sezai Ozan Zeybek, Technische Universität Berlin
Sezgin Özden
Sibel Erduman
Sławomir Konkol, University of Bielsko-Biała
Sophie Weis, Vienna University of Economics and Bussiness
Suruç Aileleri
Sungur Savran, İstanbul Okan University
Suha Ülgen
Stanley Thangaraj, City College of New York
Stefan C. Aykut, Hamburg University
Svjetlana Nedimovic
System Change
Szymon Tyc, Akcja Socjalistyczna
Şahika Karatepe
Şebnem Oğuz, Ankara Dayanışma Akademisi/Ankara Solidarity Academy
Gül Köksal
Telli Işık
Tezcan Durna
The Revolutionary Communist Group
The Socialist Project
Thomas Sablowski, Frankfurt am Main
Tomasz Florczyk
Ulaş Şener, Berlin School of Economics and Law
Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna
Wendelmoet Hamelink, University of Oslo
Weronika Parfianowicz, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wojtek Bernatowicz, University of Warsaw
Vera Briner, Debt for Climate – Switzerland
Victor Cannilla, University of Lausanne
Vitus Terviel, Salzburg University
Yasemin Kurşun
Yilmaz Hüsnü, lawyer
Yücel Kurşun, Ayvalık Tabiat Platformu
Zachary Levenson, Florida International University
ZORA
Zuzana Smilnakova, Masaryk University
Zümray Kutlu, Smith College