Petition for Palestine: 350 people call for ‘economic, diplomatic pressure on Israel’

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Signing a petition, 350 artists, academics, activists and MPs have called on all governments having economic relations with Israel, primarily Turkey, to exert economic and diplomatic pressure on the country.

The petition has raised concerns that "for days, the law enforcement of Israel, with real bullets and bombs, killed over a hundred Palestinians, including children." The signatories have noted that "the reason was that the eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem and placement of Sionist settlers in their place was protested and that al-Aqsa was defended."

They have underlined that "the unconditional support of some imperialist powers such as the US lies behind the government of Israel, which does not recognize the resolutions or calls of the United Nations (UN)."

AKP government accused of inefficacy

The petition has also criticized the attitude of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, arguing that "its attitude does not go beyond turning the rage of the people into domestic politics."

"It is obvious that the statements full of valor, but devoid of any economic or political sanctions are ineffective in the face of the atrocity that the people of Palestine are going through," they have protested, adding:

"In fact, the people of Palestine need the solidarity of the peoples of the world, an effective attitude that will make Israel implement the numerous UN resolutions calling for its withdrawal and a real embrace.

"We, the ones who are on the side of democracy, peace and people's fraternity, declare that we stand with the struggle of the people of Palestine. We condemn the regime of Israel, calling on it to put an end to the atrocity and the occupying and militarist policies.

"We invite the governments having economic ties with Israel, primarily Turkey, to exert real and decisive economic and diplomatic pressure for the people of Palestine."

The undersigned 

Abdullah Erdoğmuş / 21st term Diyarbakır MP
Adalet Dinamit / Filmmaker
Adnan Kaya / Lawyer
Ahmet Aydoğan / PTT Public Worker
Ahmet Bozkurt Çağlar / Lawyer
Ahmet Çakmak / Retired Academic
Ahmet Çevik / Lawyer
Ahmet Çınar / Discharged Teacher
Ahmet Dindar / Lawyer
Ahmet Ergin / Lawyer
Ahmet Karagöz / Eğitim-Sen General Secretary of Finance
Ahmet Korkmaz
Ahmet Murat Aytaç / Academic Writer
Ahmet Özdel / Lawyer
Ahmet Şık / TİP Istanbul MP
Akın Atalay / Lawyer
Alev Er / Journalist
Ali Cemal Zülfikar / Lawyer
Ali Dağlık / Social Advisor
Ali İhsan Güven / Lawyer
Ali Saydı / Lawyer
Arif Ali Cangı / Lawyer
Asuman Bal / Education
Avni Sağlam
Ayhan Özdemir / Lawyer
Aysu Topal / Landscape Technician
Ayşe Acar Başaran / MP - HDP Women's Assembly Spokesperson
Ayşe Ayben Aytunç / Filmmaker
Ayşe Erdem / Editor
Ayşe Erzan / Physicist
Ayşe Gözen / Retired Academic
Ayşe Semra Eker / Retired
Ayşe Sevin Kırkoğlu / Retired Economist
Ayşegül Devecioğlu / Writer
Ayşen Uysal / Academic
Aytekin Sağlam / Doctor
Ayten Şahin / Communication Writer
Ayten Ünal / Lawyer
Ayten Yildirim
Aytuğ Atıcı / 24th, 25th, 26th term CHP Mersin MP
Bahadır Altan / Pilot
Bahar Özer / Lawyer
Barış Alp Özden / Faculty Member
Barış Atay / TİP Hatay MP
Baris İpek / Lawyer
Barış Yarkadaş / Journalist
Baris Yildirim / Lawyer
Baskın Oran / Academic - Writer
Battal Gazi İnci / Lawyer
Bediz Sel / Accountant
Berkay Akkuş / Lawyer
Beyza Ekici / Fashion Designer
Bilge Oykut / Interior Architect
Bilgesu Seher Yılmaz / Actor
Birsen Temir / Teacher
Burak Cop / Academic
Bülent Müftüoğlu / Businessperson
Bülent Tekin / Writer-Poet
Bülent Utku
Büşra Ersanlı / Retired Academic
C. Murat Özgünay / Businessperson
Cahit Mete / Retired
Canan Arın / Lawyer
Canan Yüce / SYKP Co-Chair
Cavit Uğur / SYKP Co-Chair
Celal Fırat / Federation of Alevi Associations Chair
Celal Işık / Retired
Celalettin Can / 78s Foundation Spokesperson
Cemal Gülmez / Lawyer
Cengiz Arın / Retired Academic
Cengiz Uzuner / Educator
Cenk Saraçoğlu / Academic
Cennet Nurdan Parlak / Lawyer
Cevriye Aydın / Lawyer
Cuma Kuş / Lawyer
Çağatay Anadol / Publisher
Çağla Yolaşan / Lawyer
Çetin Ali Nergis / ADAM-DER Chair
Demet Koç / Architect
Deniz Doğan / Lawyer
Deniz Gurbuz / Lawyer
Deniz Polattaş / Lawyer
Devrim Avcı Özkurt / Lawyer
Didem Göçer / Mining Engineer
Dilek Güzel / Lawyer
Dilek Sevgi Ataç / Lawyer
Dinçer Demirkent / Political Scientist
Diren Elif Vurgun / Lawyer
Assoc. Prof. Serkan Boyar / Academic
Doğan Çakmak / Lawyer
Doğan Çelik / Artist
Ebru Atakan / Lawyer
Ebru Günay / HDP MP - HDP Spokesperson
Ebru Simeklioğlu / Lawyer
Ebru Yildirim / Teacher
Elif Doğan Türkmen / Former CHP MP - Lawyer
Elif Ergin / Lawyer
Elif Yetigin / Lawyer
Emine Fırat / Restaurant Manager
Emre Pekgönenç / Business Manager
Enes Atilla Pay / Architect
Engin Deniz Ergin / Lawyer
Engin Gürsel / Retired
Enver Akan / Lawyer
Ercüment Akdeniz / Chair of the Labor Party
Erdal Karayazgan / Civil Engineer
Erdoğan Aydın / Historian-Author
Erdoğan Baştuğ / Lawyer
Erdoğan Emir / Musician
Erkan Baş / TİP İstanbul MP
Erkan Sabri Ünüvar / Lawyer
Erol Al / Journalist
Ertuğrul Barka / Chemical Engineer
Ertuğrul Kürkçü / HDP Honorary Chair
Esra Erin / Lawyer
Esra Koç / Agricultural Engineer, MSc.
Esra Mungan / Faculty Member
Eşber Yağmurdereli / Writer
Eylem Sarıoğlu Aslandoğan / Lawyer
Eylem Tuncaelli / Co-Spokesperson of the Green Left Party
Eylem Zengin / Lawyer
Fahrettin Filiz / Lawyer
Fatih Sürenkök / Doctor
Fatin Kanat / Human Rights Defender
Fatma Aytaç / Industrial Engineer
Fatmagül Berktay / Academic - Author
Feray Mertoğlu / Activist
Feride Eralp / Translator
Ferit Barut / Human Rights Activist
Fethiye Çetin / Lawyer
Fevzi Saygılı / Lawyer
Füsun Oğuz / Retired
Gamze Erk / Lawyer
Gamze Gökoğlu Şimşek / Lawyer
Gencay Gürsoy / Retired Faculty Member
Gonca Bağdat / Retired
Gökhan Özer / Educator
Gokmen Yesil / Lawyer
Gülizar İpek / Mardin Şahmaran Women's Platform
Gülser Kayır / Academic
Gülşah Kaya / Lawyer
Gülyeter Aktepe / Trainee Lawyer
Gunes Yilmaz Bastug / Lawyer
Günseli Baki / Photographer
Gürcan Şişmanoğlu / Unassigned Teacher
Gürhan Ertür / Retired
Gürsel Gönül / Teacher
Gürsel Tekin / CHP İstanbul MP
Hacer Ansal / Academic
Hakan Dilmeç / Kaldıraç Representative
Hakan Güneş / Academic
Hakan Tahmaz / Chair of the Peace Foundation
Halil İmrek / Journalist-Politician
Halim Bulutoğlu / Businessperson
Halime Guner
Omer Guner
Halit Erdem / Unionist
Haluk Korkmaz / Retired
Haluk Tolga İlhan / Opera Artist
Hamide Bezirci / Teacher
Hanife Yüksel / Retired
Harika Günay Karataş / Lawyer
Harun Turgan / Publisher
Hasan Çoban / Teacher discharged by Statutory Decree
Hasan Hüseyin Evin / Lawyer
Hasan Öztoprak / Author
Hatice Tuğba Yılmaz / Lawyer
Haydar Ergülen / Poet
Hayrettin Conge
Hayrettin Çil / Lawyer
Hayriye Erol / Real Estate Consultant
Heval Turkmen Gunay / Lawyer
Heval Yıldız Karasu / Lawyer
Hicran Danışman / Lawyer
Hikmet Başaran / Teacher
Hilal Onur İnce / Faculty Member
Hüseyin Eminoğlu / Dentist
İbrahim Akin / Retired
İdil Zeynep Dağdemir / Engineer
İhsan Eliaçık/ Theologian Author
İlhan Cihaner / 26th Term CHP Istanbul MP
İlke Işık / Lawyer
İmran Aygün / Lawyer
İnci Temir / Operator
İrfan Eroğlu / Retired Instructor
İsmet Yılmaz / Chemist Retired
Juliana Gözen / Member of the Board of Spokespersons of TÖP
Jülide Kural / Artist
Kadir Akın / Writer-Journalist
Kadir İnanır / Actor
Kadriye Gümüştaş / Retired Teacher
Kagan Kılıç / Shopkeeper
Kamil Tekin Sürek / Lawyer
Kazım Bayraktar / Lawyer
Kemal Yadırgı / Teacher
Kenan Güngördü / Health Officer discharged by Statutory Decree
Kudret Ünal / Electrical and Electronics Engineer
Latife Tekin / Writer
Levent Akçasu / Engineer
Levent Tüzel / 24/25. Term Istanbul MP
Leyla Han Tüzel / Lawyer
Mahmut Temizyürek / Writer
Mebuse Tekay / Lawyer
Mehmet Altuntaş / Lawyer
Mehmet Antmen / Doctor
Mehmet Bekaroğlu / CHP İstanbul MP
Mehmet Bozgeyik / KESK Co-Chairperson
Mehmet Çağrı Kaygısız / Lawyer
Mehmet Kılıç / Mechanical Engineer
Mehmet Rasgelener / Retired
Mehmet Taha Deniz / HDP Adalar District Chair
Mehmet Turp / Glass Ceramic Business General Secretary
Mehmet Yücel / Petroleum Engineer
Melda Onur / 24th Term CHP İstanbul MP
Melek Taylan / Documentary Filmmaker
Meral Danış Beştaş / MP - HDP Group Deputy Chair
Mert Büyükkarabacak / Mechanical Engineer
Mesut Çelebioğlu / Unemployed
Mevlut Ülgen / Psychologist
Mine Sirin / Proofreader
Muhammet Taner Avşar / Lawyer
Murat Akbaş / Activist
Murat Çelebi / Lawyer
Murat Çepni / HDP MP
Murat Denizer / Lawyer
Murathan Mungan / Writer
Musa Akyol / Dentist
Mustafa Çinkılıç / Lawyer
Mustafa Söğütlü / Lawyer
Mustafa Şener / Academic
Muzaffer Gezer / Poet
Münir Korkmaz / Teacher discharged by Statutory Decree
Nadire Mater / Journalist
Nami Şentürk / Lawyer
Nazar Büyüm / Writer
Necdet Saraç / Journalist
Necmiye Alpay / Linguist
Nefise Sormageç / Lawyer
Nejla Kurul / Eğitim-Sen Chair
Nergiz Ovacık / Engineer
Nesrin Arslan / Retired
Nesrin Nas / Politician
Nesteren Davudoğlu / Communicator
Neşe Perihan / Activist
Neşe Yaşın / Poet
Neval Al / Retired
Nevfel Yılmaz / Retired
Nevin Aytekin / Retired
Nihal Saban / Faculty Member
Nihal Taş / Costume Designer
Nimet Tanrıkulu / Activist
Niyazi Zorlu / Author
Nizamettin Aktepe / Retired Teacher
Nurettin Özlütaş / Lawyer
Nurhan Kinali / Cook
Nusret Gürgöz / Lawyer
Olcay Korkmaz / Lawyer
Onursal Adıgüzel / CHP Vice Chair
Orhan Akkaya / Divriği Cultural Association Board Member
Orhan Alkaya / Poet
Orhan Atan / Lawyer
Orhan Silier / Historian
Osman Genç / Ortadirek Theater General Art Director
Osman Zeki Erdoğan / Lawyer
Oya Baydar / Writer
Oya Ersoy / Lawyer, HDP İstanbul MP
Ömer Faruk Kırnıç / Retired Academic
Önder Birol Bıyık / Poet - Author
Özcan Sarıoğlu / Lawyer
Özgür Metin / Lawyer
Özlem Saldamlı Özatakan / Lawyer
Pelin Kahillioğlu / Member of the Board of Spokespersons of TÖP
Perihan Koca / Member of the Board of Spokespersons of TÖP
Pervin Tunçelli Kılıç / Retired Teacher
Pinar Dokuz / Lawyer
Ramazan Kurt / Lawyer
Rauf Uluç / Sociologist
Refika Korkmaz / Lawyer
Remzi Altunpolat / Lawyer LGBTI+ Activist
Rennan Gerger / Retired
Rojda Yıldırım / Lawyer
Sabahat Gençtarih / Lawyer
Sabit Aktaş / Lawyer
Sadi Özgül
Salih Zeki Tombak / Writer
Sami Evren / Former Chair of KESK
Saruhan Oluç / MP - HDP Group Deputy Chair
Sema Kaygusuz / Writer
Semih Mutlu / Lawyer
Semir Karadaş / Lawyer
Semra Baripoğlu / Psychiatrist
Semra İşler Albayrak / Lawyer
Semra Somersan / Retired Academic
Serhat Raşa / Musician
Serpil İlgün / Journalist
Servet Ali Cinar
Sevil Arac Bek / Lawyer
Sevil Öcal / Lawyer
Seyfi Öngider / Editor
Sezgin Pekgönenç / Farmer
Sibel Özbudun / Academic
Sinan Tutal / Yeşil Sol Party Co-Spokesperson
Songül Beydilli / Lawyer
Süleyman Eryılmaz / Ecology Activist
Şaneşin Aydın / Lawyer
Şebnem İşigüzel / Author
Şebnem Korur Fincancı / TTB Central Council Chair
Şebnem Oğuz / Academic
Şengün Kılıç / Journalist
Şeref Turgut / Lawyer
Şerife Ceren Uysal / Lawyer
Taci Yalçıner / Economist
Tahir Şilkan / Lawyer
Tahsin Yeşildere / Retired Faculty Member
Tarık Günersel / Writer
Tatyos Bebek / Dentist
Telli Işık / Teacher
Temel Demirer / Author
Tevfik Al / Retired
Tugay Bek / Lawyer
Tuncay Yılmaz / European Democratic Power Union (ADGB) Co-Spokesperson
Tuncer Bakırhan / HDP Vice Co-Chair
Turan Cengiz / Retired
Turhan İçli / Spokesperson of the Disability Rights Initiative for Democracy
Tülay Koçak / Retired
Ufuk Uras / Politician
Ümit Kıvanç / Journalist
Vecdi Erbay / Author
Vesile Özdem Yükselen / Retired
Veysi Eski / Lawyer
Viki Çiprut / Journalist
Volkan Gültekin / Lawyer
Yahsi Kara
Yalçın Dönmez / Musician
Yaman Öğüt / Translator
Yavuz Okçuoğlu / Metallurgical Engineer
Yıldız İmrek / Lawyer
Yunus Işın / İstanbul Branch Chair of Mülkiyeliler Birliği
Yurdagül Şahin Demir / Teacher discharged by Statutory Decree
Yusuf Ayık / Lawyer
Yusuf Çakır / Retired
Yusuf Ozan Cobanoglu / Lawyer
Yücel Aksüt / Lawyer
Yücel Demirer / Academic
Yücel Tunca / Photographer
Zafer Yörük / Academic
Zehra Parlak / Unemployed
Zeki Gül / Doctor
Ziya Çelik / Lawyer
Zöhre Dalkıran / Lawyer
Züleyha Gülüm / HDP İstanbul MP

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