TKP members have been arrested: 

“Neither our people nor our Party will bow down”



TKP members had been detained yesterday for participating in protests upon the call of the Party in defence of the right to engage in politics.

Today, TKP Central Committee issued the following statement announcing that six TKP members have been arrested:

“Our party members, who were detained yesterday, first announced to be released today, and then referred to the court with a last minute change of decision with a request for pre-trial detention, were arrested.

Head of TKP Provincial Organisation in İstanbul and Party Council Member Ahmet Dincel and Party Council Member Arda Hacıyusufoğlu are among those arrested.

We address the government: It is clear that you are trying to intimidate all of us. It is also clear that you are so desperate. Neither our people nor our Party will bow down.

The struggle will continue to grow.”

TKP organizations in three major metropolitan cities declared that they would take to the streets tonight with even greater strength to respond to these unjust arrests. They called on all citizens who refuse to bow down to join the protests.

TKP Central Committee expresses its sincere gratitude to all fraternal parties that have shown solidarity with our Party and arrested members by sending and publishing messages.

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Background information:

As it is known, more than 100 people, including CHP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, had been issued detention orders on March 19 and some of those including İmamoğlu were arrested on March 23.

Communist Party of Turkey views the recent developments in the context of the AKP's efforts to shrink political space and undermine the people's right to participate in politics and organizes mass protests all over the country against the arbitrary moves of the government.

From the very beginning of the developments, TKP has made the following statements respectively:

We call on our people to organize against AKP’s tyranny
https://www.tkp.org.tr/en/agenda/tkp-cc-statement-the-detention-orders-we-call-on-our-people-to-organize-against-akps-tyranny/
 
People Will Break the Game
https://www.tkp.org.tr/en/agenda/tkp-responds-to-the-governments-attempts-to-delegitimize-mass-protests-as-foreign-interference-people-will-break-the-game/

Upholding Our Dual Responsibility
https://www.tkp.org.tr/en/agenda/upholding-our-dual-responsibility/