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Adalet! Marching for Justice in Turkey

28 June 2017

The Socialist International Secretary General, Luis Ayala, has joined CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on his march from Ankara to Istanbul demanding justice for all the Turkish citizens who are suffering the consequences of the crackdown on rights and freedoms in the country. With them is SI Vice-President Umut Oran, and other members of the opposition. The march, which began in Ankara on 15 June, is due to end in Istanbul on 9 July.

Since the failed coup last July and the subsequent declaration of a state of emergency, more than 50,000 people have been arrested, including hundreds of journalists accused of terror related crimes; over 150 media outlets closed down; more than 140,000 people have lost their jobs; and the lifting of parliamentary immunity has led to more than a dozen members of parliament arrested and imprisoned, the latest of these being Enis Berberoğlu who on 14 June was sentenced to 25 years.

Our International has called for an end to such violations and denounced the lack of freedom of expression, the lack of parliamentary immunity, and the lack of an independent judiciary.

 

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Statement:
SI condemns sentencing of opposition MP Enis Berberoğlu

 

Press:

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Adalet Yürüyüşünde 
#ÖZGÜRÜZ, YouTube, 28 June 2017

 

ADALET YÜRÜYÜŞÜ 14.GÜNÜNDE 28/06/2017 
CHP TV, YouTube, 28 June 2017

 

 

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Secretary General of Socialist International Luis Ayala walk during the 14th day of a protest against the detention of the party's lawmaker Enis Berberoglu, in Duzce

Reuters, 28 June 2017
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Secretary General of Socialist International Luis Ayala walk during the 14th day of a protest, dubbed "justice march", against the detention of the party's lawmaker Enis Berberoglu, in Duzce, Turkey June 28, 2017. Placard reads, "Justice"... Read more

 

Socialist International General Secretary Ayala: The world is following Turkey with concern
Cumhiriyet, June 2017
Ayala said that the whole world was following the situation in Turkey. Ayala, noting that the space for democracy and freedoms in Turkey gets narrower by the day, stressed that this situation was being followed with concern not only in Europe, but in the whole world... Read more

 

SÖZCÜ, June 2017

 

SÖZCÜ, June 2017

 

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Bu yürüyüş, ortak mücadeleyi yönlendirmek için güzel 

 
Canakkale Matbuat, 28 June 2017
CHP İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu’nun ‘casusluk’ iddiasıyla 25 yıl hapis cezasına çarptırılarak tutuklanmasının ardından başlatılan Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne katılan Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala... Read more

 

ADALET YÜRÜYÜŞÜ’NÜN 14. GÜNÜ
CHP, 28 June 2017
15 Haziran Perşembe günü Ankara Güvenpark’tan yola çıkan CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu öncülüğündeki adalet korteji, on dördüncü gününde de İstanbul’a doğru yürüyüşüne devam ediyor... Read more

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Adalet Yürüyüşü büyüyecek

Gazete Duvar, 28 June 2017
Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Kılıçdaroğlu'nun yürüyüşünü Gandhi ve Martin Luther King'in ayrımcılığa karşı yürüyüşlerine benzetti. Ayala, yürüyüşün sadece Türkiye'yi değil bütün dünyayı ilgilendiren mesajlar vereceğini söyledi... Read more

 

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Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri, Adalet Yürüyüşü'ne katılacak 
T24, 28 June 2017
CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, CHP İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu'nun MİT TIR'ları davası kapsamında 25 yıl hapis cezası alması ve tutuklanmasının ardından başlattığı Adalet Yürüyüş'e destek artıyor.... Read more

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Adalet Yürüyüşü büyüyecek 
Yuksekova, 28 June 2017
Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Kılıçdaroğlu'nun yürüyüşünü Gandhi ve Martin Luther King'in ayrımcılığa karşı yürüyüşlerine benzetti... Read more

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal’den ‘Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne destek  
Yeni Soluk, 28 June 2017
Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala ile Sosyalist Enternasyonal Başkan Yardımcısı Umut Oran Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne katılarak CHP lideri Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’na Sosyalist Enternasyonal’in desteğini sundular... Read more

 

 

 

 

  

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Bu yürüyüş, ortak mücadeleyi yönlendirmek için güzel bir yol
T24, 28 June 2017
CHP İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu’nun ‘casusluk’ iddiasıyla 25 yıl hapis cezasına çarptırılarak tutuklanmasının ardından başlatılan Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne katılan Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala... Read more

 

Adalet Yürüyüşü'nün 14. günü tamamlandı
28 June 2017
CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun öncülüğünde, partinin İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu'nun tutuklanması sonrası başlatılan "adalet yürüyüşü" on dördüncü gününü geride bıraktı... Read more

 

'Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne Sosyalist Enternasyonal’den destek 
Sputnik News, 19 June 2017

Sosyalist Enternasyonal (SE), CHP İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu’nun tutuklanmasını kınayan ve CHP lideri Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun başlattığı Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne destek veren bir bildiri yayınladı. SE Başkan Yardımcısı Umut Oran ve SE Genel Sekreteri Ayala da bu hafta içerisinde Adalet Yürüyüşü'ne katılacak... Read more

 

14. gün... Kılıçdaroğlu, Ayala, Oran birlikte yürüdü! 
Gercekmuhabir.com, 28 June 2017
Ankara Güvenpark'tan başlayan Adalet Yürüyüşü aralıksız devam ediyor... CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun partisinin İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu’nun tutuklanmasının ardından Ankara'dan başlattığı 'Adalet Yürüyüşü’nde İstanbul'a doğru yaklaşıldıkça gerilim de artıyor... Read more

 

SOSYALİST ENTERNASYONAL SEKRETERİ LUİS AYALA YÜRÜYOR
28 June 2017, Sariyer Times
Dünya Adalet Yürüyüşüne kitlendi. Adalet Yürüyüşünün 14. Gününde Düzce’den başlayan Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’na Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala Yürüyüşe katılarak destek verdi, Luis Ayalaya CHP’nin Sosyalist Enternasyolan sekreteri Eski Millet Vekili Umut oran eşlik... Read more

 

Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne Hem Türk Sağından Hem Dünyadan Katılım Var
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Genel 

Amerikaninsesi.com, 28 June 2017
Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, İstanbul Milletvekili Enis Berberoğlu’nun tutuklanmasının ardından 15 Haziran’da başlattığı “adalet” yürüyüşünün 14. gününde Düzce’den İhsaniye İlçesi’ne ulaştı... Read more

 

Luis Ayala ve Umut Oran yarın Adalet Yürüyüşüne katılacak 
Adagazetesi.com, 28 June 2017
Tüm dünyadan 140’a yakın ülke, parti ve organizasyonun üyesi olduğu Sosyalist Enternasyonal adına Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala Türkiye’ye gelerek Umut Oran ile birlikte Adalet Yürüyüşüne katılacak... Read more

 

Provokasyonlara alkışlı yanıt
Milliyet, 29 June 2017
CHP lideri Kılıçdaroğlu’nun ‘Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne yönelik provokasyon girişimlerine alkışlarla ve ‘Adalet’ sloganlarıyla karşılık veriliyor. Yürüyüşe dün Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala ve DP Genel Başkanı Uysal da destek verdi... Read more

 

 
 

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Luis Ayala, Umut Oran, Gultekin Uysal 
BTA.bg, 28 June 2017
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, centre-left, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, holds a placard that reads " Justice " as he walks on the 14th day of his 425-kilometer (265-mile) march in Duzce... Read more

 

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Dünya Türkiye’yi kaygıyla izliyor
Cumhuriyet, 30 June 2017
dalet Yürüyüşü’ne destek için Türkiye’ye gelen Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Cumhuriyet’i ziyaret etti. Ayala... Read more


Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala: Dünya Türkiye’yi kaygıyla izliyor
Cumhuriyet, June 2017
CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne destek vermek için Türkiye’ye gelen Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Cumhuriyet’i ziyaret ederek dayanışma mesajlarını iletti...  Read more

 

Kılıçdaroğlu: We are ready for all kinds of oppression and provocation 
Cumhuriyet, 28 June 2017
CHP General Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on the fourteenth day of the Justice March, ‘From time to time, there have also been protests, which you, too, witness. But, our hands have never risen in violence, nor will they... Read more

 

Cumhuriyet, June 2017

 

Milliyet.com.tr, June 2017

 

‘SÖZCÜ’ye algı operasyonu yapıldı’ 
 
Sozcu, 29 June 2017

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Ayala da yürüyüşe katıldı:
Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala ve Sosyalist Enternasyonal Başkan Yardımcısı Umut Oran da Adalet Yürüyüşü'nün dünkü etabına eşlik etti... Read more

 

CHP lideri Kılıçdaroğlu: Ellerimiz şiddete kalkmayacak  
NTV.com, 28 June 2017
“Adalet Yürüyüşü”nü sürdüren CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Düzce’de yola gübre dökülmesiyle ilgili olarak, "Zaman zaman protestolar oluyor ama bizim ellerimiz hiçbir zaman şiddete kalkmadı ve kalkmayacak"... Read more

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala "Adalet Yürüyüşü"Ne Katılacak 
Haberler, 27 June 2017 
DÜNYADA 140'a yakın ülke, parti ve organizasyonun üyesi olduğu Sosyalist Enternasyonal adına Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala yarın Türkiye'ye gelerek "Adalet Yürüyüşü"ne katılacak... Read more

 

Luis Ayala: Dünya Türkiye’yi kaygıyla izliyor  
 

CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun Adalet Yürüyüşü’ne destek vermek için Türkiye’ye gelen Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri (Şili) Luis Ayala, Cumhuriyet’i ziyaret ederek dayanışma mesajlarını iletti... Read more

 

Adalet Yürüyüşü’nde on üçüncü gün sona erdi  
Sozcu, 27 June 2017
Tarihi yürüyüşün on üçüncü gün etabı saat 08:30 sıralarında başladı. Provokasyonları önlemek adına da 25 milletvekili kortejin aralarında konuşlandı. CHP lideri Kılıçdaroğlu da "Provokasyonlara karşı dün akşam 12 maddelik bir genelge hazırladık. Katılan herkese vereceğiz 12 maddelik genelgeyi"... Read more

 

Luis Ayala: Kılıçdaroğlu adaletin, demokrasinin, vicdanın sembolü olarak yürüyor 
Istanbul Gercegi,  29 June 2017
Adalet Yürüyüşü'ne katılan Sosyalist Enternasyonal Genel Sekreteri Luis Ayala, Adalet Yürüyüşü'nü başlatan CHP Lideri Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun 9 Temmuz'daki mitingde Türkiye için vizyonunu yansıtacağı bir mesaj vermek zorunda olduğunu söyledi.... Read more

 

 

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venezuela

SI welcomes the release of political prisoner Manuel Rosales

02 JANUARY 2017

The release from prison of Manuel Rosales, leader of Un Nuevo Tiempo, UNT, of Venezuela, an SI member party, has been warmly welcomed by the Socialist International. He was unjustly imprisoned following his arrest in October 2015, returning to the country after six years in exile. While celebrating his release, we vigorously protest against the conditions imposed on his freedom, including the need for him to regularly report to authorities, and forbidding him from leaving the country. The International salutes his courage and strength, and expresses its support and solidarity to his family, friends, and comrades...

IRAN

SI condemns terrorist attack against member party KDP-Iran


21 DECEMBER 2016


The Socialist International firmly condemns the terrorist attack against the party headquarters in Arbil of the SI member Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP-Iran, which took place on 20 December. The attack was carried out as party members were leaving a memorial ceremony honouring former party leader Abdulrahman Ghassemlou, who was assassinated in Vienna in 1989. Four party members, a member of the youth organisation and a security guard died in the attack and several others were seriously injured. Our International extends its deepest condolences to the families and comrades of those killed. The SI reiterates its strong solidarity with all members of the KDP-Iran at this difficult time.

POLITICAL PRISONERS

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turkey

SI calls for respect for democracy in Turkey and the release of detained HDP leaders

4 NOVEMBER 2016

The Socialist International firmly deplores the arrest this morning of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, Co-Chairs of the People’s Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi), HDP, an SI member party, and the detention of 11 other HDP parliamentarians, in a further blow to Turkish democracy following earlier crackdowns and restrictions on the freedoms and rights of the citizens of that country. The HDP is the third largest political party in Turkey and won seats in parliament in June 2015 despite the existing 10% threshold, and again in the elections re-called in November 2015. In May this year, the immunity that MPs usually hold from prosecution was removed from HDP members. Party members have subsequently protested against repeated raids of their homes and offices...

 

veneZuela

SI Declaration on Venezuela

21 OCTOBER 2016

The Socialist International deplores the decision adopted yesterday, Thursday 20 October, by the Electoral National Council (CNE) of Venezuela to postpone until a new judicial order the process of collection of 20% of signatures required to activate a recall referendum on the government of Nicolás Maduro scheduled for 26, 27 and 28 of this month. In its public declaration, the CNE bases its decision on compliance with the Constitution and observance of precautionary measures adopted by the criminal courts of Valencia, San Fernando Apure, Aragua and Bolivar, after accepting complaints for alleged electoral crimes against the political forces which are members of the Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD), an alliance which includes member parties of the SI, in the process to activate the recall referendum...

 

SYRIA

Socialist International calls for an immediate end to the ongoing bloodbath in Syria and for united efforts by the international community to end the conflict


14 OCTOBER 2016


As the world continues to witness the tragedy taking place in Syria, the Socialist International calls for renewed concerted efforts by the international community to stop the carnage and human suffering which has intensified following the breakdown last month of the brief ceasefire that lasted less than a week. The Syrian people are hostages to a conflict that transcends their country and whose solution today lies primarily outside their borders. According to United Nations figures, some 13.5 million Syrians are today requiring humanitarian assistance…


COLOMBIA

   

Standing with Colombia for peace

 

Colombia

Standing with Colombia for peace


26 SEPTEMBER 2016


The Socialist International greets the historic signing today in Cartagena of the Peace Accord between the government of Colombia and the FARC, successfully concluding a process which began more than four years ago in Havana. Our International is among those accompanying this significant event, maintaining its commitment and support for peace in Colombia today and for the post-conflict period of disarmament and reconciliation.

BElarus

Parliamentary elections bring no true democracy and no real change in Belarus


13 SEPTEMBER 2016


Despite the election of opposition parliamentarians for the first time in twenty years, legislative elections in Belarus have not delivered true democracy to the people of that country. The Socialist International reiterates its firm support and solidarity to all those in Belarus engaged in the fundamental struggle for democracy and human rights. On 11 September 2016, Belarusian citizens went to the polls for parliamentary elections, the results of which are now known. The new parliament contains two opposition MPs, the first elected since 1996, but remains overwhelmingly dominated by those who support President Alexander Lukashenko....

GamBia

SI denounces the sentencing of opposition leader in The Gambia


22 JULY 2016


The Socialist International firmly denounces and condemns the sentencing of Ousainou Darboe, leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) of Gambia, an SI member party, along with 18 other party members and sympathisers, to 3 years imprisonment, having been arbitrarily detained since 16 April 2016 following a peaceful demonstration. The SI utterly deplores this travesty of justice and calls for their immediate release. We equally call on the international community to join forces in denouncing the conduct of the dictatorial regime of Yahya Jammeh and calling for an end to the continuing violation of human rights in that country...

  • ♦ 23 August 2016
  • With great sorrow the SI has learned of the death while in jail of Ebrima Solo Kurumah, UDP party member, the second such case in five months. The SI calls for an urgent full investigation into the circumstances of this tragic death. The Socialist International remains extremely concerned about the lives of all those protestors incarcerated as we have now seen two political prisoners of this group who have lost their lives in the last few months.

TURKEY

SI condemns coup attempt and supports democracy in Turkey


16 JULY 2016


The Socialist International condemns the attempt by military forces in Turkey last night and in the early hours of this morning, to bring down the legitimately elected government of the country. Our organisation wholeheartedly shares and fully supports the clear and unequivocal statements made by the leaders of the CHP and the HDP, members of our global political family, as the coup attempt unfolds. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the CHP, said that the country had suffered previous coups and these developments should never be repeated in Turkey, adding that his party fully depends on the free will of the people, indispensable to Turkey’s parliamentary democracy…

venEZUELA

SI denounces ruling against amnesty and reconciliation law in Venezuela


12 April 2016


The Socialist International denounces the grave disregard of the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people and the usurpation of powers by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of the country, which yesterday declared as unconstitutional the Amnesty and National Reconciliation Law that had been approved by a majority in the National Assembly on 29 March this year. The resounding electoral victory in the elections to the National Assembly at the beginning of December 2015 was based on a clear proposal...

CIS, Caucasus and Black Sea

SI calls for an immediate end to the confrontation between Azerbaijanis and Armenians


04 APRIL 2016


The Socialist International has followed with great concern the hostilities and attacks that have taken place in the last 48 hours between Armenians and Azerbaijanis with a regrettable loss of numerous lives. Our International calls for an immediate ceasefire and for an end to these hostilities, and at the same time reiterates the urgent need for a resumption of dialogue within the framework of the Minsk Group, a body accepted by both Armenia and Azerbaijan and recognised by the multilateral organisations, to resolve through negotiation and in accordance with the principles of international law...

PAKiSTAN

SI Solidarity with the Pakistani people


28 March 2016


The Socialist International expresses its solidarity with the people of Pakistan as they come to terms with the horrendous terrorist attack carried out yesterday near Lahore. Over 70 people lost their lives as they enjoyed a Sunday afternoon in the park, including numerous women and children, and over 300 were injured. We strongly denounce this violent act, as we have other such terrorist attacks in Pakistan and elsewhere. Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the deceased and our sympathy is with all those injured and suffering as a result... 


Uganda

In support of democracy in Uganda


22 FEBRUARY 2016


In recent years the people of Africa have continued advancing and moving forward democratic governance in an important number of countries of the region. Today, more and more people in that continent enjoy freedoms and rights, a precondition for progress, development and peace. Members of the Socialist International in a good number of countries in Africa have been protagonists and actors of an era of change that has been bringing new opportunities and a new face to the political life of the continent. Nevertheless, authoritarianism, oppression and other evils of the past still linger in the political life of some of the countries in the region...

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