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European Humanist Federation press release

TURKEY: “M. Erdoğan must refuse absolute power”

Brussels, 20 June 2013

The European Humanist Federation (EHF) urges the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan, to resist the temptation of absolute power and to listen to the voice of thousands
of protesters calling for a secular state which guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens –
including religious ones.
For two weeks the EHF has been receiving many messages of protesters denouncing police
violence and arbitrary arrests. They are also concerned about the growing authoritarianism
of the Prime Minister and offended by his disdain for their legitimate claims. The European
Humanist Federation will not remain indifferent to their call, because a challenge of such
magnitude cannot be downplayed as the actions of "looters, terrorists and anarchists" as
claimed by M. Erdoğan. On the contrary, it is obvious that the wave of protest brings
together a wide range of Turkish society: retirees, students, intellectuals, artists,
representatives of civil society, trade unions, activists of various political parties, and
members of many cultural minorities (Alevi, Kurdish and Armenian). Although media
coverage was relatively incomplete and biased in the Turkish press, no one can pretend to
ignore this reality.
Turkey is a cultural mosaic whose wealth is based on the peaceful coexistence of all its
components. It is thus imperative that the country's authorities provide strict separation of
religion and state, in order to guarantee equal rights to all, instead of just promoting Sunni
Islam’s life standards. It's been over 60 years since Turkey signed the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and it is high time for all its citizens - religious or not - to be finally granted
such rights, in full.
Η θρησκευτική γλώσσα είναι μια μεταφορά. Το πρόβλημα είναι όταν παρασύρεται κανείς από τη μεταφορά κι αρχίζει να τη βλέπει σαν κυριολεξία. Rebbecca Goldstein
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