Gevangengenomen vrouwelijke vakbondsactivisten berecht in Turkije
Eerder berichtte TIE over de vrouwelijke vakbondsleden die werden opgepakt in Turkije in de aanloop naar protesten tijdens internationale vrouwendag, 8 maart jongstleden. Ongeveer 8 maanden moesten de vrouwen wachten op hun berechting. Gisteren werden 6 van de 9 vrouwen werden vrijgesproken, 3 zitten nog steeds vast. Hierbij het verslag wat we ontvingen van de internationale afdeling van de onderwijsbond Egitim-Sen (in het Engels).
Eind februari jongsleden werden 9 vakbondsvrouwen van de onafhankelijke vakcentrale KESK (ambtenaren) gearresteerd. Voor hen waren er al 14 andere vrouwelijke vakbondsleden van dezelfde vakcentrale opgepakt (zie dit artikel voor meer achtergrond informatie ). Namens TIE ontvingen we een brief uit de gevangenis in Ankara van de coordinatrische van het vrouwennetwerk van de onderwijsbond Egitim-Sen, waarin ze achtergrond informatie verschafte over het hoe en waarom van haar arrestatie (zie: http://www.tie-netherlands.nl/node/3292). 8 Maanden moesten de vrouwen wachten op hun berechting. Gisteren werden 6 van de 9 vrouwen werden vrijgesproken, 3 zitten nog steeds vast. Hierbij het verslag wat we ontvingen van de internationale afdeling van de onderwijsbond Egitim-Sen (in het Engels).
Demonstratie bij het gerechtsgebouw ter ondersteuning van de gevangengenomen KESK vakbondsvrouwen
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Women members of Egitim Sen and other KESK affiliate unions had their first hearing yesterday. After a demonstration infront of the court house, the hearing started at 14:00 and finished at about 20:00. During the 6 hours long trial, friends of Egitim Sen and KESK have stayed in the courtroom and followed the hearing steadily. In this hearing, because trade unions’ lawyers requested so, only the imprisonned 9 women’s situation was discussed.
The outcome of this hearing was like it is widely guessed. The court released 6 of the 9 women and decided to keep the detention for the other 3 women. Below is the list of detained and released:
Canan Calagan, KESK (Confederation of public Employees’s trade unions) Women’s Secretary – released
Hatice Beydilli, Egitim Sen (Education and Science Workers Union) Ankara Branch (no.1) Member –released
Evrim Ozdemir Ograş, Egitim Sen Ankara Branch (no.1) member–released
Belkis Yurtseven, SES (Health and Social Services Workers Union) Ankara Branch Member –released
Hulya Mendillioglu, SES Ankara Branch Member –released
Nursat Yesil, SES Ankara Branch Member –released
Guler Elveren, Tüm Bel Sen (All Manucipality Workers Trade Union) Women’s Secretary – ongoing imprisonment
Bedriye Yorgun, SES Women’s Secretary and SES Former President– ongoing imprisonment
Guldane Erdogan, Egitim Sen Ankara Branch (no.2) Women’s Secretary– ongoing imprisonment
KESK trade unions’ members waiting for hours outside the courthouse were happy to hear that 6 women were released but also worried for the other 3 colleagues.
During the demonstation before the hearing and during the trial, the international delegation have given support to the hundreds of people waiting outside the court house and made them feel their strong solidarity. Many people here think that the existence of the international delegation had a very important role in the release of the 6 detained women. The next hearing of this court case is in December.
For pictures please click: http://www.flickr.com/photos/88104790@N06/archives/date-taken/2012/10/04/
Fot the pres conference on October 3rd: http://www.kesk.org.tr/content/uluslararas%C4%B1-sendikalar-tutuklu-kesk-emek%C3%A7ilerinin-yan%C4%B1nda
Here is the list of the international delegation that participated and supported Egitim Sen and KESK women on Oct 4th:
Abdullah Muhsin, NASUWT
Angeliki Fatourou, OLME
Sabine Skubsch & Suleyman Ates, GEW
Regitze Flannov, DLF
Hüseyin Tezbaşar, KTOES
Zühre Özkaraman, KTOES
Cumali Avci, KTOES
Mehmet Tasker, KTOES
Florian Lascroux, SNES-fsu
Torgny Wiktorsson, TCO
Stephen Benedict, ITUC
Jan Willem Goudriaan, EPSU
Klaus Loercher, ETUC
Ahmet Kaptan, KTAMS
