Conscientious Objectors Rallied for Peace
Opposition to war and support for imprisoned conscientious objector Halil Savda was expressed in the demonstration on 20 May, organized by The Conscientious Objectors Platform in Istanbul . A speaker denounced the profits made by war.
The demonstrators expressed their opposition to war, as well as their support for imprisioned objector Halil Savda.
Economic considerations
Ersan Ugur Gör drew attention to the fact that over 5 million dollars of Turkey's budget were spent on arms each year. Also, the Army Support Institution, with its monopolizing structures, represents an "coup to the economy".
He also repeated what he had said in 2004 when he decided to refuse to go to the army: "I want a world without classes, borders, exploitation, violence, hierarchy, and authority".
Now 13 female objectors
Özlem Mollamehmetoglu declared her objection at the meeting, becoming the 13th woman in Turkey to do so.
"Among men, I am a woman, among heterosexuals, I am bisexual, lesbian, gay, a transvestite, a transsexual. Among Turks, I am Laz, Kurdish, Armenian. Let us insist on peace among those who see the solution in fighting", she said.(AÖ/EÜ/AG/EÜ)
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