CP of Turkey, TKP Newsletter 17.02.2020: No lesson to learn from reactionaries & Contract privates die in Idlib

2/17/20 3:26 PM
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STATEMENTS

TKG: We don’t have any lesson to learn from reactionaries!

The Communist Youth of Turkey (TKG) protested a reactionary professor at Yıldız Technical University of Turkey's Istanbul, who claimed that "natural disasters are linked to the prohibition of child marriages" in Turkish law after the earthquake that hit Turkey's Elazig and killed 41 people.

Statement of TKG was as follows:

"...As reactionism threatens young people and women living in our country every day, we do not accept the invasion of the university positions by such people.

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We call on all our friends to come and walk together in this struggle.

To fight against reactionism, to fight against the enemies of science and humanity, #WE ARE HERE!"

For full text of the statement: https://news.sol.org.tr/communist-youth-turkey-we-dont-have-any-lesson-learn-reactionaries-176543

 

NEWS FROM TURKEY & TKP

Contract privates from Turkey’s poor families die in Idlib

14 Turkish soldiers were killed as dozens of them were wounded in recent conflicts in Idlib. Almost all of the killed troops were contract privates who had become professional soldiers in search of a way out of poverty.

Alpaslan Savaş, CC member of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), recently wrote an article with regards to the military funerals, showing that most of the killed soldiers are coming from poor families in Turkey. 

Pointing at the government’s plans for professionalized military services, Savaş said that almost all of the 14 soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib consisted of contract privates and specialized sergeants. 

“The young people at military draft age become contract privates if they are accepted, and nobody is rejected nowadays,” Savaş said, adding that many young men sign contracts for 2 to 5 years in return for a wage starting from 3 thousands lira ($495) per month. 

https://news.sol.org.tr/contract-privates-turkeys-poor-families-die-idlib-176549

 

Erdoğan’s whim for Idlib: Who is planning what?

Journalist and Middle East expert, Ali Örnek, interprets for soL news the recent developments regarding the Syrian winter offensive in Idlib with the aspect of Turkish involvement in the region.

"...Another detail hidden by the US-Turkey rapprochement is that relations with YPG are kept up. The US revived that they budgeted 200 million dollars for SDF, of which YPG is the backbone. Planning to compromise with Turkey in the western part of Euphrates and with YPG in the eastern part of it, Washington does not only see Idlib as a tool to sabotage Russo-Turkish relations. It also represents suitable conditions for restarting of YPG-Turkey negotiations, which the US wanted for a long time..."

For full-text of the article: https://news.sol.org.tr/erdogans-whim-idlib-who-planning-what-176548
For the Brochure on War in Syria by the TKP International Relations Bureauhttps://tkp.org.tr/en/temel-metinler/war-syria
 

 

Protests continue against high gas bills in cities of Turkey

TKP is organizing people's gatherings to make protests against the high gas bills in different cities and neighbourhoods of Turkey. Following the gatherings, long queues in front of payment offices are formed to submit petitions of objection.

 

ARTICLES

TKP General Secretary Okuyan: They think war is a TV series

soL news, interviewed Kemal Okuyan, TKP General Secretary, regarding the recent developments in Syria just after Turkish President Erdoğan declared at the parliament, “We’ll shoot the regime forces everywhere in the event of offensive”.

"...Is there any danger of excessive war? Can the tension in Syria confront Turkey with Russia?

As we have always said, the chaos, competition and contradictions in the imperialist system are increasing the possibility of war. Turkey is also included in this competition. The problem is not only limited with AKP; our capitalist class also has an eye on the new fields of investment and the energy resources. This is prevailing either for the Greek capital or the other countries. In other words, large and small, everyone is trying to get a share of the cake and getting armed. No one is innocent. 

However, Turkey has been part of the tension in many fronts in recent times. A fact is weakening the social anti-war consciousness..."

For the full interview: https://news.sol.org.tr/okuyan-they-think-war-tv-series-176547