İSTANBUL- Protesting the fact that an investigation was not opened despite the confessions of Mehmet Eymür, Saturday People said what they have been saying at the protests they held on saturdays for years were confirmed by such confessions.

 

The echoes of the confessions of Mehmet Eymür, former Head of Counterterrorism Department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), regarding torture, death and murders committed by the state under detention in the 1990s, continue. The relatives of the people forced into dissappearance protested the fact that no investigation was launched despite the confessions.

 

Ikbal Eren Yarici, brother of Hayrettin Eren, who disappeared under custody in Istanbul Gayrettepe in 1980, said that disappearance and torture under custody is a state policy. Pointing out that Eymür's confessions confirm this situation, Yarici stated that Eymür openly confessed that he tortured and killed people and he is walking free despite his confessions.

 

'EYMÜR IS ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS'

 

Yarici continued his words as follows: “We actually know the perpetrators of our loved ones. We know where the perpetrators are. We don't know where are the people we love who were forced into dissapperance.  Eymür is one of these perpetrators. We list the names of these people every week and demand their prosecution. But something different happened this time and he confessed. Without shame, he confessed that he tortured and killed people on behalf of the state."

 

'TORTURE IS NOT A CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY'

 

Stating that they were wronged because they sought justice, Yarici said, "Somehow, the people committing these crimes are not held accountable.  There is a contradiction here. Justice for whom? Justice for what? Whose justice? We need to ask these questions. We see that justice is on the side of the people like Eymür and the rulers of this country. I've been asking the whereabouts of my brother for 42 years, I want justice for him. Not a single Public Prosecutor came out asked what happened to my brother. It means that it is not a crime to torture, kill or destroy a person in this country. So what's crime for you? Why do we have a justice system?"

 

'THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN HUMAN'S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS'

 

Demanding the people forced into dissapperance to be found, Yargıcı said: "We want this state to sign an international convention on forced dissappearances. We want statue of limitations to be removed from the constitution in such crimes."

 

'CONFESSIONS CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SAYING'

 

Mikail Kırbayır, who was forced into dissappearance after being detained in the Göle district of Ardahan on September 13, 1980, told that the confessions of Eymür was the statement of the obvious. Underlining that many have died under torture in this country, Kırbayır said: "We weren't taken seriously when we told this to relevant institutions. Both the confessions of Eymür and Sedat Peker is the confirmation of what we have always been saying all these years. They are the witnesses of what happened."

 

CALL TOT HE MINISTRY

 

Adressing the prosecutors and the Ministry of Justice, Kırbayır asked why no investigations were launched against Eymür after his confessions. Kırbayır said: "We understand that this is a state policy. Those who commit these crimes are being protected."

 

'WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS'

 

Underlining that the actors of September 12 coup are still in action, Kırbayır said they will continue to fight against it. Kırbayır said: "We will not give up on our sit in at the Galatasaray Square.We will continue to fight until we know what happened to our loved ones."