Petition Signers Demand to Stand Trial With Selek

The day before Pinar Selek's retrial for 1998 Spice Bazaar bombing charges, an initiative led by several organizations filed law suits against themselves to stand trial with the sociologist.

"I aforementioned demand to stand trial with Pinar Selek in Istanbul Courthouse on December 13 against the jurisprudence's attitude to punish an innocent individual to life sentence by using our tax moneys, a reason which gives us to get involved in the trial," the lawsuit petition said.

The petition lawsuits can be signed until the trial, the initiative said.

The next Pinar Selek trial is scheduled tomorrow in Istanbul at 1 pm.

The petition signers included: Ali Akay, Ammar Kılıç, Aslı Takanay, Ayşe Kilimci, Ayşe Nur Doksat, Ayşe Lebriz Berkem, Ayşegül Sönmez, Ayşen Candaş, Ayten Zara, Belgin Oral, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Burak Özgüner, Burcu Çelik, Cengiz Alğan, Cevat Çapan, Dilek Hattatoğlu, Doğan Şahin, Eda Aslı Şeran, Emine Uçak, Emrullah Beytar, Erol Köroğlu, Ersin Salman, Esmeray Yoğun, Eva Aksoy, Ezgi Başaran, Figen Batur, Füsun Çeliköz, Gülsüm Ekinci, Hakan Akçura, Hakan Tahmaz, Hande Demircioğlu, Hülya Gülbahar, Işık Yenersu, İnci Hekimoğlu, İsmet Akça, Leyla İpekçi, Mehmet Atak, Meltem Gürler, Meryem Koray, Meryem Rabia Taşbilek, Mustafa Sütlaş, Naim Dilmener, Nazan İpşiroğlu, Nihal Koldaş, Orhan Aydın, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Pelin Batu, Püren Dinçer, Roni Margulies, Serap Güre, Sevin Okyay, Sezai Temelli, Sibel Özbudun, Suzan Samancı, Şanar Yurdatapan, Şenol Karakaş, Temel Demirer, Tülay Günal, Ümit Biçer, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Yıldız Tar. (ÇT)