{"id":7619,"date":"2017-06-01T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2017-06-01T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:30:54","slug":"turkey-sacking-injustice-leads-to-hunger-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2017\/06\/01\/turkey-sacking-injustice-leads-to-hunger-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"[Turkey] Sacking Injustice Leads to Hunger Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMAY 29TH, 2017<\/em>
\n\u00a0Turkey has been going through hardship for many years, but the worst experience has taken place since the AK Party and Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s regime. The country witnessed more than a few uprisings and many people lost their lives fighting the Erdogan\u2019s dictatorship.<\/em><\/span>
\nBy Canan Sagar.<\/strong>
\n 
\nThe law has been changed<\/strong>
\nArbitrary treatment is applied in many parts of the country; journalists are imprisoned, workers are left unemployed, sexual assault and abuse has increased, women are killed daily, hunger has risen. Yet, the government does not accept the reality of its failures and has won by cheating the vote for a presidential government.
\nThe state of emergency declared by Erdogan has given him the power to dismiss many people from their jobs with unjustified reason. These arbitrary decisions have made living conditions worse for many people. Academician Nuriye G\u00fclmen and teacher Semih \u00d6zak\u00e7a started a hunger strike in Ankara on 9 March after being dismissed from their jobs using the Decree Law (KHK). Hunger strikes are on the agenda of Turkey again, but the government is keeping its silence.
\nNuriye G\u00fclmen and Semih \u00d6zak\u00e7a began a sit-in Y\u00fcksel Street, Ankara\u2019s K\u0131z\u0131lay Square to protest the dismissal of their jobs as academics and started a hunger strike several months ago.
\nAlthough Nuriye G\u00fclmen and Semih \u00d6zak\u00e7a garnered public attention the government has still not taken any action to end the hunger strike. Day by day two people are getting closer to losing their lives and nothing is done to stop a tragic end. Police and authorities attack the peaceful hunger strike, many protestors have been detained.
\nOther cities have shown support and the hunger strike has received national and international recognition. Protests took place in many parts of Turkey including Ayd\u0131n, Bodrum, Didim, Ankara, \u0130stanbul and D\u00fczce. Protesters in these other cities were also attacked and people were detained and beaten. In accordance with the arrests Nuriye G\u00fclmen who has become very weak said, \u201cThis is mine and Semih\u2019s home. If the attacks continue we will no longer leave the area. If our friends are taken into custody they will have to take us too<\/em>.\u201d
\nOn the 69 day of the hunger strike Nuriye G\u00fclmen and Semih \u00d6zak\u00e7a sent solidarity to the on-going hunger strike in Palestinian prisons. \u201cWe represent the peoples of the world<\/em>,\u201d said Nuriye G\u00fclmen, \u201cToday, our resistance is on its 189 day and 69 day of the hunger. It\u2019s a very meaningful and special day for us. Because today we devote the 69 day of our hunger to prisoners in hunger strikes in Palestine. In fact, we share hunger, the same hunger with them. The wrongdoers are the same, they persecute us with their persecution, they are the same as those who cast us from our jobs. They come from the same genre, and we come from the same genre. We represent the peoples of the world. Today we are proud that we share hunger with them<\/em>.\u201d
\nIn Dersim, Eastern Anatolian Turkey, Kemal G\u00fcn (70) has been on hunger strike for 83 days demanding the bones of his dead son that was killed by the authorities during an air attack in the area. Kemal G\u00fcn continued his peaceful protest until the authorities accepted his demand on the 83 day of the hunger strike. However, after receiving the bones he declared \u201cI will not finish my hunger strike without taking all the bones of my son. It has only 160 bones. The bones that I collected with my own hands were only half in the bag. If you give me all the bones, I will take them to my village in Erzurum and bury it.\u201d<\/em> On the 77 day of the hunger strike Kemal G\u00fcn asked those people in Ankara to support the righteous struggle of Nuriye G\u00fclmen and Semih \u00d6zak\u00e7a.
\nAt this point, it is important to state that hunger strikes after thirty days start to cause serious health matters. People on hunger strikes reject proteins, minerals, vitamins, oils and energy that are used in tissue production. As the body cannot regenerate itself and as it moves it causes energy loss very quickly. In the first 30 days 5-10 kilo loss is expected.
\nAfter 40 days, there are damages that can lead to both tissue loss and loss of organ failures, and this can lead to the loss of lives. After the 60 day on the hunger strike, vital organs begin to be affected, there could be consequences such as heart and kidney failure, or weakening of the heart muscle due to excessive weakness could lead to sudden deaths. Nuriye and Semih have been on hunger strike for over two months, the seriousness of their health conditions is inevitable and an action must be taken to stop it straight away!
\nG\u00fclmen and \u00d6zak\u00e7a\u2019s protests started 192 days ago as a sit-in action in Ankara, Y\u00fcksel Street Human Rights Monument and lasted for 120 days. Straight after that action a hunger strike started. G\u00fclmen and \u00d6zak\u00e7a have only been consuming certain amount of sugar and water for over two months; yet, no response has been made by the government. In accordance with the situation the government officials that were contacted said that they could not comment on the matter. AKP Human Rights Vice-President \u0130brahim Aydemir said \u201caccording to the collective decision taken in the group, we will not give a statement on this issue\u201d. Clearly, AKP and Erdogan\u2019s regime is refusing the right to live, they are prolonging the time to take action, and two people are dying as the world watches.
\nWe call upon the Turkish Authorities to hear the voice of Nuriye and Semih.
\nWe support life, not death!<\/strong>
\nAction must be taken immediately!<\/strong>
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