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Norimperialist South NOW THE time has come to establish a strong state structure. Once again our countrymen can fell the pride of being able to proclaim from deep within their hearts: / am a Turk:
With this piece of racist nonsense General Kenan Even, Chief of Turkey's military dictatorship. formally opened the new Turkish Constituent Assembly' lasr week, and so set Turkey back on the 'road to democracy"
Last week too the Generals formally dissolved all political parties (they had been banned anyway since the coup) and started legal proceedings against former social democratic Prime Minister, Bulent Ecevit who had the temerity to imply publicly that he didn't agrec we ene General's programme for Turkey was immediately guilty of contravening one of the junta's more interesting edicts from June this vear — the one which Ecevit faces a gaol sentence of up ro This is an extremely mild SETeREP VE INE CORE DE E e repression which has claimed over 500 lives officially since the coup , of which Ecevir was the leader, the Republican Peoples Party, is 'Socialist International"
Action should be taken in the British Labour Party to oblain Ecevit's release along with that of all political prisoners in Turkey.It has long been ciear that the Generals" carefree trampling on democratic rights must be bused on something. That something is speit NATO It has just been revealed that the US have built three secret airfields in eastern at Billi, Van and Karswithin striking distance of Tehran Turkey has always been a strategic country for NATO, but recent events in the region, especially the fall of the Shah and now PASOK's election victory in Greece on a strong anti-N470 platform, have redoubled its importance to the alliance and its war plans.
Military dictatorship, while not an ideal form of rule, is strongly preferred in Department to the severe political instability and high level of class struggle prior to the coup.
An impact opportunity to develop à in the lahour movement on Turkey is the forthcoming con/erence called by the Commintee for the Defence of Democratic Rights in Turkey. This conference is open to all delegates from labour movement bodies of Socialist Challen:
hould apply for credentials from th CDDRT, 28-29 Parkfield Street, London NI. The conference is on Saturday 12 December at NUFTO Hall, London May Day in the Turkish capita/ this year