contents
Preface / 3
Data on Turkey / 14
Prior to 1980: Background Of The 1980 Coup / 17
Army officers’ class position / 23
A well-planned trap: Oyak / 24
The 1971 Intervention / 27
1977: Escalating terror of Grey Wolves / 28
Bloody incidents of the May 1st and the June 5 elections / 29
CHP leader also under armed attacks / 30
Growth of the MHP’s electorate / 30
Turkey agaain under the repressive rule of the "Nationalist Front / 32
Local elections / 33
1978: Era of social democracy starts / 36
Not a popular government, but a government of conciliation / 36
Controversy on "Counter-guerilla / 37
Ecevit's Government yields to the IMF. . 38 "Grey Wolves" provoke a civil war / 39
New tactics of the political violence / 41
Political terror encouraged with growing US hegemony / 41
Neo-fascist MHP's provocations in Turkey and in Germany / 42
1978: Year of acceleration of the fascist terror / 43
1979: Martial law: A step towards military rule / 46
Grey Wolves change their tactics / 46
DOCUMENT : Disclosures about the Counter-guerilla Organization / 48
Economic austerity measures imposed / 50
Fascist terror hits the leaders of socialist parties / 51
Arrest of workers leaders on May 1st / 52
"The Government stabbed in back" / 53
MHP in flagrante delicto / 54
Turkish "führer" and his "grey wolves / 54
Grey Wolves caught red-handed / 55
Escalation of the Right / 57
New repressive measures / 58
Progressive intellectuals killed one by one / 59
1980: Ultimatum of the army generals / 61
Turning Turkey again into a spring-board of the US / 61
Demirel-Ecevit collaboration of anti-terror measures / 62
Government adopts the drastic measures imposed by the IMF / 62
Popular resistance against new economic and repressive measures / 62
Mass strikes throughout Turkey / 64
Turkish foreign policy makers on a tight-rope / 65
General offensive against the working class / 66
Presidential election / 67
Terror escalated by the government / 67
Towards parliamentary fascism / 69
NATO meeting in Ankara / 70
1980-81: THE 1980 COUP AND
Military Dictatorship / 75
Big business calls for political stability / 76
A US Report on a possible coup / 77
The coup opens a period for dictatorship / 78
A total submission to the IMF and the NATO / 80
37 out of 76 years under military regime / 81
First European reactions against the coup / 83
Document : Revelations about the preparation of the Coup and the US instigation / 84
First assessement of Human Rights violations / 88
Principal Target: All democratic forces / 91
DISK leaders being tortured / 93
Barrack discipline in prisons / 95
The military regime's state machinery / 97
1981- 82: a New Constitution Made To Measure / 105
Rubber-Stamp Assembly inaugurated, all political parties dissolved / 106
DOCUMENT : Parties outlawed by the military / 108
The junta's timetable for the restoration of "civilian rule" / 110
The growing wrath of generals / 113
"Constitution" being made to measure / 114
Evren's Constitution caught in the act of fascism / 116
Main points of the anti-democratic Constitution / 120
Constitutional violation of human rights / 125
1982 - 83 The Military's Passage To A "Civilian" Regime / 133
A referendum without choicel / 134
European reaction against the new constitution / 136
Political parties of the military / 142
Europe: No certificate of democracy for the coming Turkish Parliament / 146
Evren's One-Man Show during the Referendum / 150
1983 - 85: a Militarist "Democracy" in Europe / 151
Chicago Boys at the head of Turkish economy / 154
Local Elections 1984: a strike at the political scheme / 157
Structure of the militarist "democracy" / 158
...And the Political Parties / 159
Right-wing parties / 160
Diagram of the new State Structure / 161
Left-wing parties / 163
Phenomenon of Ecevit / 164
Extra-parliamentary left / 165
State Terrorism 1 : Mass arrests, mass trials, death sentences / 169
Mass Trials / 174
Distribution of Condemnations to Organisations / 176
Death Sentences / 180
Hidir Aslan's Last Letter / 182
DISK'S Triai / 183
A trade union leader
in the shade of the gallows / 185
A trial without defence / 185
Bastürk's alarm-cry / 186
Military prosecutor's retreat / 188
Turkish Peace Committee's Trial / 189
Fatsa Town’s Trial / 192
Prosecution of other organizations / 193
Violation of the right to defence / 194
State Terrorism 2: Never-ending persecution of intellectuals / 197
Aziz Nesin accuses General Complete text of Intellectuals' Petition / 202
Trial of the Writers' Union of Turkey / 204
How a publisher assassinated under torture / 206
Repression of Mass Media / 212
Condemned journalists / 214
Pressure on foreign press correspondents / 217
New repressive press code / 217
Book-hunting / 219
Radio Television / 219
Yılmaz Güney's tormenting ordeal / 220
Ruhi Su's torment / 223
Clamp down on universities / 225
1985: Year of bans for the Turkish youth / 227
Academic bodies headed by the military / 227
Prosecution of Teachers / 228
A Courageous academic: Ismail Beşikçi / 228
State Terrorism 3: Pressures on
the opponents abroad / 231
Info-Turk's editors stripped of Turkish nationality / 233
Suicide of a political refugee / 234
State Terrorism 4: Repression of Kurds and Christians / 235
Turkish Army's Expansionism / 237
Kurdish Armed Resistance and "Sun Operation" / 238
Ideological brainwashing in prisons / 241
Document : The suppression of Kurdish language and literature / 243
Christian minorities in Turkey / 245
State Terrorism 5: Torture and ill-treatment in prisons / 249
Those really responsible for torture / 255
Amnesty International's report on torture / 256
Soldier's word! / 259
Torture team: "DAL" group / 260
Labour and peace leaders'torture allegations / 260
A victim of torture at the EP / 261
Prisoners' acts of resistance / 261
Torture and ill-treatment after theelections / 265
A Grey Wolf's collaboration in torture / 267
A European mission fooled / 268
Torture is still practiced / 269
No amnesty for political prisoners / 271
State Terrorism 6: Grey Wolves start their actions again / 273
Agca and Grey Wolves / 275
Ties with German fascists / 276
Rise of racism / 277
Farce in the Rome Trial / 277
Grey Wolves start their actions again / 279
Economic Situation: Chicago Boys' monetarist dictât / 281
Return of Chicago Boys / 283
Fail of the monetarist policies / 285
Islamic banks in Turkey / 287
Competition between businessmen and brothel-keepers / 288
Foreign debts trap / 288
Golden years for monopolies / 289
Fabulous profits of banks / 291
Big business not yet satisfied / 291
Social Situation: Oppression of the working class / 293
The Law on Trade Unions / 295
Collective bargaining and strike / 297
More restrictions on trade union rights / 298
Impoverisment of wage earners / 300
Workers' rising resistance / 302
Armed Forces: Military-industrial complex / 305
Turkish Air Forces / 307
Bribery concerning F-16 purchases / 309
Land Forces / 310
Naval Forces / 311
Turkey, a nuclear power / 311
OYAK: a new giant / 312
War Industry's new boost / 313
Inventory of the armaments of the Turkish Army / 313
Foreign Relations 1 : Growing US military presence / 315
Turkey of the nuclear frontline / 321
American democrats against the junta / 323
Foreign Relations 2: Cyprus' division officialised / 325
Foreign Relations3: Double-faced dealing with the Third World / 331
Foreign Relations4: "Coexistence" with socialist countries / 337
Foreign Relations 5: Troubled relations with Western Europe / 341
Protest actions by trade union centers / 345
Turkish rulers' reactions against Europe / 347
Turkish delegation excluded from the Council of Europe / 349
Forgery of the Junta's ambassador / 349
Freezing of the EEC's financial aid to Turkey / 350
Suspension of the EEC-Turkey Association /
Turkish Regime before Human Rights Commission / 352
Constitution and elections disapproved by Europe / 353
Turkish "fait accompli" at the Council of Europe / 354
Public hearing on Turkey at the European Parliament / 358
European Solidarity with the Turkish press / 359
Turkish regime readmitted to the Parliamentary Assembly / 364
European trade unions' solidarity with DISK / 367
Contradictory stands of the EP / 369
Turkish withdrawal from the Ministerial Committee / 370
Turkish regime's friends at the European Parliament / 371
The EP hardening its stand again / 372
More concessions from the Council of Europe / 373
Lawyers rebuffed by Ambassador / 379
European Governments' ouvertures to Turkey / 379
Socialists against the Police Law in Turkey / 380
EP's 5 conditions to Turkey / 381
General Evren's anger / 383
Ankara's insulting reaction to the EP Resolution / 386
5 European countries withdraw complaints / 387
ETUC reacted against the surprise compromise / 390
European standards and General Evren / 391
European capitulation in every fields / 391
EEC Commission too gives the green light / 393
Turkey: 13th member of the European Communities / 395
Historical Summary / 397
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