Table of contents
Preface / III
Country summary / VII
Background of the military rule / XI
Dream of Westernization / XIII
Superficial reforms in 19th century / XIV
Independence war (1919-1922) / XV
Republic or single party dictatorship (1923-1938) / XVII
Second World War and rise of bourgeoisie (1939-1945) / XIX
US hegemony and DP power (1946-1960) / XX
27th May coup and 1961 Constitution / XXII
Period of coalitions and plot against the constitution (961-6U) / XXIV
Justice Party power and capitalization (1965-1970) / XXVI
EEC and ambitions of big bourgeoisie / XXVIII
Infraction of the constitution / XXIX
The armed forces: integral part of finance-capital / XXXI
Military rule in Turkey / XXXIII
The ultimatum or coup d’etat of March 12th / XXXIV
Martial law and sledge-hammer operations / XXXVI
For big bourgeoisie and against the toiling masses / XXXVTI
Inner contradictions of the ruling circles / XXXIX
New terror wave in the second year of military rule / XLI
One more step: a McCarthyist government / XLIII
Ministry charged with anti-communist action / XLIV
Phantom fighters and Renault cars / XLVT
Military or parliamentary fascism / XLVII
Wiping out of the 1961 Constitution / XLVIII
They cannot defeat the people of Turkey / XLIX
The staff of the military rule / LI
High commanders and secret services / LI
Martial law commanders and military courts / LII
Collaboration with a fascist party / LIV
Inner conflicts of the military / LV
Rise of the fascist-oriented staff / LVI
Fascism under the guise of parliamentary democracy / LIX
First constitutional acts / LIX
The movement of the "Young-Turks" (1908) / LIX
The First Turkish National Assembly / LX
The dictatorship of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) / LX
Changeover to a multy-party system / LXI
A parliament including left / LXI
Which factors affect elections / LXII
Class structure of the parliament / LXIII
On behalf of ruling classes / LXIV
The violation of the constitution / 1
Who is guilty: the constitution or the political authorities / 2
Aim: the destruction of the constitution / 3
Mistrust of the courts of law / 4
Violation of the rights of the individual / 5
Abrogation of university and radio autonomy / 6
Extraordinary prerogatives of the-martial law commanders / 7
Martial law commanders: a violation of the constitution / 8
Despite the Constitutional Court’s decision / 8
The laws are now being adapted to the modified version of the constitution / 10
Restriction on democratic and political activities / 10
Restriction of justice / 11
Tortures applied to political prisoners / 13
I- Tortures applied to the defendants of Mahir Qayan Case / 17
Necmi Demir / 17
Ilkay Demir / 19
Kadriye Deniz Ozen / 21
Rughan Manas / 24
Julide Zaim / 24
Necati Sagir / 25
Ayşe Emel Mesgi / 26
Irfan Ugar / 27
Omer Erim Süerkan / 29
Abdullah Ceceloglu / 30
Tülay Tad / 32
Omer Guven / 32
Mustafa Coşkun / 33
Oguz Oder / 33
Avni Yalgin / 34
Ismail Yuksel Erdogan / 34
Rasim Ozkan / 34
Abdurrahman Türe / , 35.
Muharrem Yanar / 35
Mustafa Aynur / 35
Erdogan Kamişoglu / 36
II- Tortures applied to the defendants of other cases / 36
Omer Ayna / 36
Cihan Alptekin / 37
Tayfur Cinemre / 37
Osman Bahadir / 37
Elif. Gonül Tolon / 37
Rukiye Dulger / 37
Zerruk Vakifahmetoglu / 38
Ali Aydin Çig / 38
Rifat Guney / 38
Cemil Tatlibal / 38
Tayfun Demir / 38
Yavuz Yildirimturk / 39
Attila Keskin / 39
Sarp Kuray / 39
Masis Kürkçügil / 40
III-Protocols and witnesses on tortures and ill-treatments / 40
Turhan Selçuk / 40
Kadri Çagli / 42
Aziz Erkmen / 42
Nurten Tug / 44
Murat Ateş / M
Hasan Ozgür / 45
Nusret Gülal / 45
Mehmet Adnan Celayir / 46
Türkiz Turkmen / 47
Suleyman Alptekin / 47
Mahmure Ince / 47
Osman Imre / 48
Hasan Çam / 48
IV-Conditions of solitary confinement cells / 48
V-Revelations of a police chief and the court decision on torture / 51
VI-Affidavits on tortures applied in 1972 / 53
The illegal trials before the military courts / 67
The principal cases at the military courts / 68
1. The Popular Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO) / 68
2. The Popular Liberation Front of Turkey (THKC) / 70
3. Young naval officers / 71
4. Istanbul Section of THKO / 72
5. Turkish Labour Party (TIP) / 72
6. Turkish Communist Party (TKP) / 73
7. Teachers’ Union of Turkey (TOS) / 73
8. Teachers' Union of Turkey (Adana Section) / 74
9. Progressive Youth Federation of Turkey (Dev-Geng) / 74
10. Progressive Cultural Organization of Eastern Anatolia / 75
11. Izmir section of the THKC / 75
12. Students of Hacettepe University / 75
13. Students of Political Sciences Faculty / 76
14. Leaders of the Progressive Trade Unions Confederation / 76
15. 85 workers of Otosan Automotive Factory / 76
16. Lawyers of THKO defendants / 76
17. Lawyers of THKO Istanbul Section's defendants / 77
18. Progressive Youth Federation of Turkey (Istanbul Section) / 77
19. Democratic Party of Kurdistan / 78
20. Kizildere defendants / 78
21. Military personnel of Maltepe prison / 78
22. Members of the THKO (Ankara Section) / 79
Other cases at the military courts / 79
Chronological notes on the trials / 89
Objections raised to the death sentences / 95
The unconstitutionality of the proceedings / 95
Article 146/1 of the Penal Code and the actions of the accused / 96
Attempts and their component parts / 96
The components of an attempt / 97
Appropriate means / 99
Execution of the offence must have begun / 99
Articles originating in the fascist Penal Code of Mussolini / 100
Collaboration between the military prosecutors and smugglers .... 101
Complaints against the military judges / 103
An anxious judge / 105
Abolishing of the right of defence / 106
Figures on trials / 107
Man hunts and mass arrests / 109
Victims of the Sledge-Hammer Operation / 126
Mass arrests throughout Turkey / 139
Execution of death sentences / 141
The oppression of the working class / 145
Repression by the CHP and DP powers / 146
1961 Constitution, TIP and DISK / 148
March 12 or war against working class / 152
The objective: to crush the workers’ movement / 160
The oppression of the kurdish people / 161
The commando terrorization of the Kurdish people / 162
The oppression after the martial law / 165
Violation of freedom of press, opinion and the arts / 167
Historical background / 168
The climate of relative liberty / 170
Pressures carried out by the Justice Party (AP) / 171
Repression during the period of the martial law / 187
The oppression of the teachers / 203
Up to the martial law of 1971 / 203
After the Martial law of 1971 / 214
Conclusion / 222
Appeal / 224
Turkish military rule and the foreign press / 225
Bibliography / 237 | 
