Legs, Heads & 1 May in Taksim-Istanbul
By Ozi on Wednesday, April 30 2008, 10:58 - Permalink
Özcan TIKIT
In 1977, on May 1 demostrations 35 people were killed and 127 demonstrator injured. Second time Istanbul Taksim square is on the verge of becoming an horror scene and I suggest you to keep your eyes on Istanbul. While Labour Unions and lots of NGO’s insisting on to celebrate 1 May Labour day in Taksim, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler threatened Labour Unions not to demonstrate on May 1 in Taksim Square. Guler said if the unions and the workers march to Taksim Square 16000 policemen will attack and stop them. 
Guler said on 1 May Labor and Solidarity Day, labour unions demostration plan in Taksim would determined as an illegal demostration. He said they heard intelligence reports, some terrorist groups were plannig to attack on police with gunfire on 1 May in Taksim, he added that police would not let them use its force to frustrate these terrorist groups. So some people should tell Mr Guler, if he have recived this intelligence, he must frustrate this terrorist plan, but threatening labour unions and students can not be a solution to prevent terrorist plans.
This is not the first threat of Guler, also last year he didn’t let labour unions to demostrate in Taksim Square. As a result of his order, last year thousands of police attacked on students and workers, lots of activists injured. Eventually Taksim became scene of a chaos.
Just before Guler’s threat to Labour Unions, PM Recep Erdogan declared his historical statement by saying “The place, where the legs became head would be scene of the doomsday”.Lots of politicians and unionists criticized Erdogan for his unfortunate declaration. I would like to remind Mr. Erdogan that once he was leg but today he is the head of the state.
Democracy is a regime which the legs could become the head, so he should think once more and apologize from legs who are the real founder of the democratical Turkey. AKP goverment and Mr Erdogan should stop remembering democracy and human rights just when it comes to closure trial aganist their party because democrasy is the priority demand of Turkey.
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