Report about Turkish Fascism - The "Grey Wolves"

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Turkish Fascism, the MHP

The following is the text of a pamphlet, spreaded during a picket-line because of a meeting of the MHP in the Netherlands

WHAT IS THE MHP, WHO'S INTEREST DOES IT SERVE?

Over the last years the MHP has become stronger and more organized. Also in Europe they become more active. Their relation with the forces in the Turkish state who have the real power are to such an extent that we can speak of a close cooperation. How is this possible, and what are the reasons? Why is it important to fight this organisation in a militant manner? We want to deal with these questions and start a discussion about this subject.

THE FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL OPINION OF THE MHP-FASCISTS.

For understanding what the MHP means, it is necessary to look at the political ideas of the MHP.
Their ideology is called Turanism. The adherents of this ideology see "their own people" (just like the Nazis), the Turkish people as a superior race. "The whole world" belongs "to them". They dream of world domination. The MHP- fascists want a "Greater Turkey", just like the Nazis wanted a "Greater German Empire". In concrete this means they want to subject all people and countries, from the Caucasus until the Balkan and from the Balkan until Middle Asia to their slavery and put them under Turkish rule. Their active support and propagandistic contributions for the fascist and racist Turkish state is best proof for this.

Their ideology does not allow any national rights to the Kurds, Armenians, Laz, Arabs, Syrians, etc. who live in Turkey (speaking freely in there native tongue, learning this language or publishing in it, etc.). The MHP does not even recognize these peoples and threatens to "cleans" society from non-Turkish "elements" and it tries to put this threat into practice. A slogan, used by the MHP, runs: "Either you become Turks and become proud to be a Turk, or you'll have to reckon with your extermination." Of course there are differences between the policy of the Nazis and the policy of the MHP. However, these differences are marginal and arise from the differing circumstances in Germany and Turkey. Anyway, both groups have the following similarities: They both serve the ones in power, both serve oppression till its most bloody form, one serves German imperialism, the other serves Turkish fascism.

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MHP AND THE TURKISH STATE.

We will now try to show how the MHP supports the ruling state in Turkey and what connections there are with the present-day Turkish state. The first important point is that we can not approach the MHP separated from the Turkish state. The MHP is integrated in the present-day fascist regime and performs certain tasks for this state. In other words, if you want to understand the terror and the dictatorship in Turkey, you'll have to examine and understand the MHP.

a) The education system.

The education system is completely at the service of Turanism. From the primary school up to the universities it is teached that Turkey is a superior nation and this is supposed to be proven with the formation of the Osman Empire. One tries to proof that the Osman empire has a glorious and honourable tradition which is respected by all countries.

In this way the pupils must be made proud of the fat to be an Osman. Suffice it to point anyone who believes this propaganda to the mass murders on f.i. the Armenians. This was a genocide which is denied by the present-day Turkish state and the MHP as well, like the Holocaust is denied in some fascist circles. As the Kurdish people nowadays, the Armenians were exterminated by the Turkish nationalist forces when they began to formulate demands concerning equal rights and independence.

b) The slogans of the MHP are used by the government and the Turkish state policy.

The slogan from the MHP-banner: "One Turkish world, from the Adrian Sea until the Chinese Wall" is also constantly used by the government parties and other parties in conformity with the system. Lies like "keeping together and being together", as well as racist and chauvinist slogans like "PKK: descendants of the Armenians" and "In the East and the West, Turkey is everywhere and indivisible" are nowadays used daily by the Turkish state. However, it is not confined to common slogans. The fascist and racist projects, once demanded by the MHP, like the creation of a "elite army" and the expulsion from, mostly Kurdish, people from the country to round them up artificially in the cities in order that they can be controlled more easily, are nowadays put into practice by the Turkish state. The state does not stop at realizing the projects which are demanded by the MHP, she goes so far to install MHP-cadres on positions which are very important to the state. For example, a lot of governors in the Kurdish areas are members of the MHP. Furthermore the MHP got a special role to play in the "elite army".

THE SPECIAL ROLE FROM THE MHP IN THE "ELITE ARMY".

a) The training, build up and tasks of the "elite army". The "elite army" is subjected to the general staff of the Turkish armed forces. The personnel from this "special army" consists of experienced and especially selected personnel from the Turkish armed forces. This "elite army" receives special training, given by especially experienced members of the Turkish armed forces. The training personnel is partly trained by the German GSG-9. The following facts are admitted by the Turkish papers themselves who support the present-day regime: The members of this special army are preferably choosen among members of the murderous, fascist MHP. The task of this "elite army" is in fact attacking the national liberation struggle of the Kurds and other revolutionary organisations and the execution of pogroms. In the areas, inhabited by Kurds, the "elite-units" set fire to the villages, oppresses the people by all conceivable means, and murders the villagers. This "elite army', which officially has to fight "terrorism", was created last year. Earlier the creation of a such-like unit was demanded for a long time by the chairman of the MHP, A. Tuerkes. One can postulate that the creation of this special army was put on the political agenda by the MHP.
Some pensioned generals report that a such-like unit exist already for a longer time. The difference with earlier days would be that in the present-day situation preferably MHP-members are taken in. Thus the MHP is given the opportunity to, within legal boundaries and led by the state, to attack the Kurdish, the democratic and the revolutionary movements. The "work", earlier done by the MHP on its own resources, is now done under the protection and with support of the state and the military. Of course, in earlier days there has been a form of division of labour between the Turkish state and the MHP. However, this division of labour was never admitted, or this cooperation was concealed. Now we have to speak of a new phase concerning the problems of the fascist Turkish state. The political crisis has risen to a level, similar to the time prior to 1980. The opposition inside the country is getting enormous proportions.
Furthermore, the army is not capable of defeating the Kurdish liberation movement military. The build up of the Turkish army is not suited for guerrilla warfare and a large part of the soldiers does not want this war, it is forced upon them. The MHP constitutes a reservoir of Turkish nationalists, prepared to kill and not shunning any means.

b) The past role of the MHP within the "contra-guerrilla" and the earlier forms of cooperation with the MIT (Turkish Secret Service).

It's not a new phenomenon that the MHP attacks and murders revolutionaries, democrats and non-Turkish patriots. A few examples from the past of joint actions from the MHP, MIT and the Contra-guerrilla.

Bloody May Day, 1977 (Istanbul)
39 workers are shot by fascists and driven over by armoured cars, more than 200 workers are wounded.

March 10, 1978
MHP-fascists and agents from the contra-guerrilla throw bombs to the exit of the University of Istanbul and open fire upon the people with machineguns. 6 democrats die and 50 students are wounded.
Maras: this mass murder, jointly organised by the MHP, MIT and the contra-guerrilla, cost the live of almost a thousand people. During the pogroms, which lasted for three days, women, children and elderly are murdered at random. Shops and houses are set on fire.

THE DAILY MURDERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PRESENT-DAY TURKISH STATE AND THE ROLE IN THIS OF THE MHP.

Almost every day people get murdered in Turkey by so-called "unknown forces". These death-squads only target individuals who are not highly agreeable to the state. The perpetrators of these murders are never arrested, let alone convicted. It is plausible that these death-squads for the main part consist of members from the MHP.
One of the most recent acts of terror where the MHP can be suspected of having their hands in it, was the vile and cowardly assault on a cafe in Istanbul. This resulted in a three day long uprising from the people in the Gazi-neighbourhood against the police and the army. The government tried to convince the international opinion that it had been a religious conflict. However, during the uprising Alevites and Sunnites fought side by side against the armed forces of the state. The way this action was executed: At first a taxi-driver is kidnapped, his throat is cut and he is thrown in the back of his own car which is then used in a vile attack where the murderers use machineguns against unsuspecting citizens. The way this attack was carried out leads to the suspicion that the MHP, led by the MIT, must have played an important role. Gazi is a neighbourhood with a lot of people where left has traditionally been strong.

THE MHP ABROAD.

The "Hollanda TUrk Federasyon" which organised a congress here today, is one of the many cover-organisations of the MHP abroad. It was founded three months ago and this foundation fits exactly, one again, in the policy of the Turkish state. The Turkish state has made it its goal to estrange the European population from a.o. the Kurdish national liberation struggle and the democratic forces of Turkey. Hundreds of thousands Turkish and Kurdish democrats live all over Europe and they try to put in their best for human rights, democracy, and self-determination in their homeland. This is a thorn in the flesh of the Turkish state. It was also recently decided that people with the Turkish nationality who live abroad may vote for the elections in Turkey. So the European platform has become very important to the Turkish state. The MHP acts, more than willingly, as agent of the Turkish state.

The last action of the MHP in Europe was organizing the big demonstration as a protest against the founding of the Kurdish parliament in exile in The Hague. Everyone could see on Dutch television how thousands of Turkish nationalists made the sign of the Grey Wolves. The ring-finger and the middle finger against the thumb, and the pink and forefinger up, representing the head of a wolf.

CONCLUSION

The political crisis in Turkey - the present-day regime can only keep up by using the most gruesome means -, the importance of the European platform for Turkish policy and the strengthening organisation of the MHP, signify that this congress will not be the last provocation of Turkish fascism. Alas, it is to be expected that the anti-fascist, the democratic and the solidarity movement will be confronted more often with meetings like this in the future, with demonstrations like the one in the days of the founding of the Kurdish parliament, and even with manifestations of violence from the side of the MHP.

Therefore, and for the fight for human rights, democracy and self-determination in Turkey, it is necessary to watch the MHP very carefully, to investigate her cover-organisations, and to make sure a movement arises which can effectively fight her.

http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/turkish_fascism.htm

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Grey Wolves

The National Movement Party ("Milliyetci Hareket Partisi", MHP, aka Nationalist Action Party), founded by Alparslan Turkes in the 1960s, like all other parties, was banned after the military coup of September 12, 1980. The National Workers Party ("Milliyetci Calisma Partisi", MCP) was founded in 1983 as a successor to the MHP, which as of 1992 is once again known as the MHP. A significant pillar of the MHP's ideology is the creation of the Turan, the Great Turkish Empire, including Turkish peoples in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The MHP supports the government's military approach to an 11-year insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeast Turkey, and it opposes any concessions to Kurdish separatists.

The unofficial militant arm of the MHP -- known as the Grey Wolves after a legendary she-wolf that led captive Central Asian Turks to freedom -- has been involved in street killings and gunbattles with leftists. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, was a former Grey Wolf. The Grey Wolves have been accused of assassinating, on July 6, 1996, the prominent Turkish Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adali, because of his criticism of the Denktash regime and, more generally, of Turkey's policies in Cyprus. In 1996 a turkish deputy from Tansu Ciller's True Path Party (DYP) revealed that Abdullah Chatli, the leader of the Grey Wolves, was are responsible for arson fires in Greece's islands. Catli was killed in a 1996 car accident in Turkey which brought to light the relations between Turkish mafia and the government.

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/grey_wolves.htm

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to be continue with STRONG AND more HARD EVIDENCE because ta exo parei sto kranio me to kathe eidos TURKO-FASISTOMOUTRO

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turkos kalos mono nekros - thats the sad truth

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From Arm the Spirit. 3 January, 1995

The National Movement Party ("Milliyetci Hareket Partisi", MHP), founded by Alparslan Turkes in the 1960s, can already look back on an active history. This article, however, concerns itself with contemporary information.

The MHP In The 1980s

After the military coup of September 12, 1980, the MHP, like all other parties, was banned. Turkes, who was arrested shortly after the putsch and put on trial, was released from prison for health reasons in April 1985 and sentenced in 1987 to an 11-year prison term, which he did not have to serve on account of an amnesty law which was passed.
In the meantime, the National Workers Party ("Milliyetci Calisma Partisi", MCP) was founded in 1983 as a successor to the MHP. Other former MHP members had already joined the ranks of other parties, such as the Motherland Party (ANAP) of T. Ozal. Turkes became chairman of the MCP after the ban on political activity against certain party functionaries was lifted after a (close) referendum on September 6, 1987. As of 1992, the party has returned to its tradition in both words and deeds and is once again known as the MHP.

Elections

Initially, the MCP/MHP did not have much success in elections. An election alliance with the Islamic fundamentalist Welfare Party (RP) of N. Erbakan (and another small party, the IDP) won close to 17% of the vote in parliamentary elections on October 22, 1991. But the MHP's share of these votes was probably quite small. After the elections, the alliance fell apart, partly since no further long-term cooperation was planned.
During regional elections in March 1994, the MHP won close to 8% of the vote (compared to just over 4% in 1989). The party won the most votes in the following provinces: Kastamonu, Cankiri, Yozgat, Kirsehir, Kars, and Erzincan (in 1989: Kirikkale, Yozgat, Erzincan, and Elazig). There were, therefore, MHP governors in 6 of the country's 76 provinces.

Anti-Kurdish Hatred

A significant portion of the MHP's election propaganda, and most of its public activity in general, is dedicated to spreading anti-Kurdish hatred. At the parliamentary political level, the MHP plays an important role in formulating nationalist state propaganda, which has been directed against the Kurdish people more and more since the 1980s, particulary through creating a fiendish image of the PKK.
For example, in 1992, Turkes stated that the "separatists", in other words the PKK, were been trained in camps located in Greek-controlled southern Cyprus. (This connecting of "old" enemies with contemporary themes is a favorite activity of Turkes. He thereby draws the Greeks into the matter, too. For a while, Turkish newspapers spread rumors that PKK members were primarily Armenians.)
That same year, Turkes stated publically once again that the Kurds had descended from the Turkish "race".
"Every vote for the MHP is a blow against the PKK", Turkes said, during an election rally before the regional elections in March 1994, as he made the Grey Wolves hand-sign with his hands. (MHP members sometimes operate under the name "Bozkurt", which means Grey Wolves. - trans.)

The Great Turkish Empire: Turan

Another significant pillar of the MHP's ideology is the foolish dream of creating the Turan, the Great Turkish Empire. Thus, they pay close attention to developments in the countries of the former Soviet Union where so-called Turkish peoples live, namely Azerbaidjan, Turkmenistan, Kazachstan, Uzbekistan, and Kirgistan. The "Basbug" (a word which roughly means leader, in this case Turkes - trans.) is not an unknown figure in those lands.

Appearances

More important than election results in the MHP's influence on state institutions, and this influence is not insignificant. But the MHP's election success in March 1994 has made the party more bold. According to reports from people who recently visited Turkey, MHP fascists are now appearing publically more than they ever have in the past; they even put Grey Wolves symbols on their cars. Attacks on leftists and unfavored student associations at various universities have not only been carried out by Islamic fundamentalists over the past few years, but also by Grey Wolves as well.
(Source: Inisiyatif #5)

"Grey Wolves" Gather In Germany

On November 26, 1994, more than 10,000 members (organizers put the number as high as 30,000) of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organization MHP (National Movement Party) gathered in the German town of Sindelfingen to hear speeches by their leader, Alparslan Turkes. Turkish fascists from all across Germany, as well as from Austria and The Netherlands, attended the event. Turkish prime minister Ciller sent her greetings to the event via telephone, thus clearly illustrasting the level of close cooperation which exists between the Turkish government and the Turkish far-right.
The MHP, also known by the name "Bozkurt" (Grey Wolves), stands for racist, fascist terror. Human rights experts in Turkey make the organization responsible for more than 4,000 murders, primarily of Kurds, Turkish leftists, and progressive journalists and union leaders. Its most deadly action was an attack on the May Day rally in Istanbul in 1977 which left 35 people dead and more than 200 wounded. Today, the Turkish army and special forces actively recruit MHP members to fight in special commando units in Turkey's dirty war against the Kurdish national liberation struggle.

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/019.html