JUSTICE BOAT TO SAIL IN ISTANBUL
The New Anatolian, Turkey
April 9 2007
"Justice boat" will symbolically try the perpetrators of 1 May 1977
and Sivas bloody incidents as well as assassination of journalists
Ugur Mumcu, Hrant Dink and other intellectuals murdered.
Turkish Union of Engineers’ and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB) informed
that the aim of the justice boat project is to draw attention to
unsolved cases. The boat will be sailing ports of Istanbul between
April 10 and 13 to host symbolic hearings.
Attorney Rasim Oz who is also among the jury of the "Justice Boat"
said that justice still didn’t procure for many cases including 1
May 1977 incidents, assassinations of journalist Ugur Mumcu, the
president of the Federation of Revolutionary Trades Unions (DISK)
Kemal Turkler, Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink, Professor Bahriye
Ucok and Susurluk accident.
"We have been looking for justice on land," Oz said. "From now on we
will look for justice in the sea and perform symbolic hearings."
Justice boat will be in Kadikoy port on April 10, to hear "Susurluk
and Semdinli cases." On April 11 in Bakirkoy Port the symbolic court
will review "cases on Gazi, Maras, Sivas and Corum incidents" and
on April 12 the boat will first hear assassinations in Bostanci port
and then move to Besiktas port to review 1 May 1977 incident.
It is noted that Ferhat Tunc, Eren Keskin, Ilkay Akkaya, Mazlum Cimen,
Suavi, Perihan Magden, Halil Ergun, Fehmi Isiklar, Yasar Seyman and
Switzerland’s UNI Union head Jacques Robert will be the jury of the
symbolic court.