Attacks against Freedom Block candidates increased
Attacks against Freedom Block candidates increased
Once again election offices of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block have been attacked by unknown assailants. Two offices were destroyed in Mersin. It is reported that police did not take any action.
One more office in Istanbul was damaged while Istanbul candidate Sýrrý Süreyya Önder was personally attacked.
In Mersin the office in Toroslar and Silifke were destroyed. Apparently one or more unidentified assailants crashed the windows of the election office in Toroslar.
The attack in Toroslar happened at around 1.00 am in the night from Sunday to Monday (23 May). The windows were broken and posters and pictures of Mersin Candidate Ertuðrul Kürkçü were torn up. The police was informed in the morning right after the attack had been discovered. Without investigating the demolished office, the police concluded that 'there was no stone in the office that could be used as evidence'. Subsequently, they left the scene without writing a police report. BDP Party Assembly Members Yüksel Mutlu and Mehmet Doymaz visited the destroyed office together with Provincial Chair Yýlmaz.
"The incidents experienced in Mersin in the past two to three days and this growing tendency against our election offices is remarkable. The attack on our office in Akbelen [Toroslar] happened one hundred metres away from a police station. This city is under 24-hour video surveillance. It arouses our suspicion that the assailants are not being arrested", Yýlmaz said.
Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block election office in Silifke was demolished by one or more attackers the same night. Windows were broken and pictures and banners of Candidate Kürkçü were ripped up.
The Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block election office in Mahmudiye, another district of Mersin, was demolished on 12 May. Kürkçü is one of twelve independent candidates who were temporarily barred from running for the elections by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in April.
Again last night, the election office of Ýlhan Coþkun, Candidate for the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block in Yalova (east of Istanbul), was damaged with stones. Banners of the candidate were torn into pieces and a Turkish flag was hoisted.
The car of Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block Candidate Sýrrý Süreyya Önder was attacked when he was passing by the MHP election office in Bayrampaþa/Istanbul. The attackers first tried to cut off Önder's way. They threw stones at the car when he did not stop. The car windows got broken and one passenger was injured in the head.
One more office in Istanbul was damaged while Istanbul candidate Sýrrý Süreyya Önder was personally attacked.
In Mersin the office in Toroslar and Silifke were destroyed. Apparently one or more unidentified assailants crashed the windows of the election office in Toroslar.
The attack in Toroslar happened at around 1.00 am in the night from Sunday to Monday (23 May). The windows were broken and posters and pictures of Mersin Candidate Ertuðrul Kürkçü were torn up. The police was informed in the morning right after the attack had been discovered. Without investigating the demolished office, the police concluded that 'there was no stone in the office that could be used as evidence'. Subsequently, they left the scene without writing a police report. BDP Party Assembly Members Yüksel Mutlu and Mehmet Doymaz visited the destroyed office together with Provincial Chair Yýlmaz.
"The incidents experienced in Mersin in the past two to three days and this growing tendency against our election offices is remarkable. The attack on our office in Akbelen [Toroslar] happened one hundred metres away from a police station. This city is under 24-hour video surveillance. It arouses our suspicion that the assailants are not being arrested", Yýlmaz said.
Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block election office in Silifke was demolished by one or more attackers the same night. Windows were broken and pictures and banners of Candidate Kürkçü were ripped up.
The Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block election office in Mahmudiye, another district of Mersin, was demolished on 12 May. Kürkçü is one of twelve independent candidates who were temporarily barred from running for the elections by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in April.
Again last night, the election office of Ýlhan Coþkun, Candidate for the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block in Yalova (east of Istanbul), was damaged with stones. Banners of the candidate were torn into pieces and a Turkish flag was hoisted.
The car of Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block Candidate Sýrrý Süreyya Önder was attacked when he was passing by the MHP election office in Bayrampaþa/Istanbul. The attackers first tried to cut off Önder's way. They threw stones at the car when he did not stop. The car windows got broken and one passenger was injured in the head.
