19 December Prison Massacre condemned
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The massacre committed simultaneously at 20 prisons on December 19 , 2000 was protested with actions in Izmir, Ankara, Istanbul, Antakia, Dersim and many other cities. The demonstrators demanded that those responsible for the massacre should be judged.

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In Ankara, the ESP , the magazine Alinteri, the DHP, the B DSP and the magazine Partizan organised an action in front of the F Type Prison of Sincan and stated the following: "The prisoners wrote once more the manifesto of revolutionary resistance and will to the walls of the prisons. The state was able to take the revolutionaries to F Type prisons only by massacre on them. Its plans to suppress the revolutionary identity were put in vain by a revolutionary resistance that grew even more since that moment". After this action, the IHD made another action at the same place.

In Izmir, lawyers affiliated to the CHD made an action in front of the F Type Prison of Kiriklar and left carnations there. The lawyers drew the attention to the fact that attacks against revolutionary prisoners have recently been increasing and they demanded a juridical proceeding against this. Prisoners' relatives affiliated to the TAYAD made another action in front of the Prison of Buca, which was among the prisons targeted by the massacre.

In Istanbul, the address of the actions was the former Prison of Bayrampasa. This prison was the place where the bloodiest massacre was carried out.

At the actions, the following slogans were shouted: "Long live our resistance of December 19!", "The martyrs of the revolution are immortal!" and "Long live revolutionary solidarity!"