English is below.
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