JINHA
 
AMED – Democratic Society Congress (DTK) issued a statement on the closure of non-governmental organizations in Turkey and said, “Enable to develop reflexes against the silence, unresponsiveness and fascist practices will cause the loss of our future and all our democratic gains. We call on everyone to resist and react together.”
 
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) issued a written statement on the closure of non-governmental organizations in Turkey. In its statement, the DTK noted that the AKP government and President have carried out a major attack on all democratic opposition organizations, media organs, intellectuals, universities and the world of free thought. DTK emphasized that the attack first targeted opposition media organizations and then continues on journalists, workers, parliamentarians and co-mayors. The statement continues as follows; “Nearly 400 non-governmental organizations were closed down in one night with the order from the top. These NGOs are the necessary elements of democratic societies that shape the vision and perspective of society. A society without NGOs cannot have expectations from the future, and the attacks prove that Turkey is in a process of coups and is headed for an authoritarian dictatorship.
 
“Enable to develop reflexes against the silence, unresponsiveness and fascist practices will cause the loss of our future and all our democratic gains. For this reason, we call on all democratic individuals and institutions to protest and resist against these attacks together and we strongly condemn these fascist policies and practices that threaten the union, fraternity, future and democracy of the peoples.”