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URGENT ALERT:
Huda Kaya, her 3 Daughters
& and the Malatya 50 face executions
 
 
Huda Kaya (right) and her three daughters (ages 16-19),
Nurcihan Saatcioglu, Gulan Intisar Saatcioglu & Nurilhaq Saatcioglu
all facing death penalty.
 
Huda KAYA, her three daughters aged between 16 and 19 years, and fifty others face the death penalty if found guilty of treason at their trials which start next Monday 21st June 1999. Twenty others are also charged, with the prosecutor requesting 5 - 22 year sentences for all. 

They were all charged after Turkish Security Forces charged a demonstration in Malatya last October, which was protesting against the Hijab ban in Ynonu University. Evidence for these acts of treason include calling out slogans for freedom, reciting poetry, visiting Iran and attending Friday Prayers whilst there, choice of reading material and other spurious charges. 
 

How can you help ?
We request you to contact the Turkish ambassador in your country asking for the immediate release of all prisoners and the dropping of all charges against them. Sample letters are provided below. Please do not delay, the trial starts next Monday.
 
Sample Letter to Turkish Ambassador
Sample Letter to UK Foreign Secretary
 
 
Turkish Ambassador
USA
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
1714 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C. 20036

Tel: (202) 659 0742 
Fax: (202) 659 0744
 

UK
Ozdem Sanberk
Ambassador;
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
43 Belgrave Square 
London SW1X 8PA

Tel: 0171 3930202 
Fax: 0171 3930066 

 
Dear Sir, 

Re: Huda KAYA and the other Malatya detainees 

I write with reference to the above. 

I trust you are aware of the terrible travesty regarding the above. Ms. Kaya, her daughters and some fifty others face execution for simply asking for their rights to education and liberty in Turkey at a demonstration in Malatya some months back. Detainees as young as 15 years old are charged with treason and face execution. The trials of Ms. Kaya and others will start on 21st June. 

I demand that all charges be dropped and these prisoners of faith be released forthwith. Your failure to respect their human rights, will only serve to increase the boycott of all free-minded people of Turkish services and products, and will encourage us to lobby for your exclusion from Europe. 

Yours faithfully, 

[Your signature] 

[Your name] 
 

 
  
UK Foreign Secretary
Robin Cook MP 
Foreign Secretary 
FCO 
King Charles Street 
London 
SW1A 2AH 
Fax: 0171 270 3539 
email: labour-party@geo2.poptel.org.uk
 
Dear Sir,

Re: Huda KAYA and the other Malatya detainees

I write with reference to the above.

I trust you are aware of the terrible travesty regarding the above. Ms. Kaya, her daughters and some fifty others face execution for simply asking for their rights to education and liberty in Turkey at a demonstration in Malatya some months back. Detainees as young as 15 years old are charged with treason and face execution. The trials of Ms. Kaya and others will start on 21st June.

I urgently request your office's intervention to ensure their unconditional release.

Yours faithfully,

[Your signature]

[Your name] 
 

 
   
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