Unable to proceed any further the protesters disembarked from their coaches and danced and sang Kurdish songs. A third lawyer described the courage of a young Kurdish student, who at grave risk to her own life was prepared to act as an interpreter to the independent, international observers. A fourth lawyer, barrister Mark Muller, a veteran observer of many Turkish political show trials, described the descent into chaos and anarchy of the Turkish state. The corruption that is endemic at all levels of the political and military establishment, the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, the three-digit inflation and the collapse of the Turkish economy. A fundamental lack of human rights, democracy and justice.
Corruption is endemic within the political and military establishments.
Journalists, human rights workers, lawyers, left-wing students and protesters are being targeted and killed by fascists who hide in the shadows of the State. Peaceful demonstrations brutally broken up by the State. Ulkede Gundem , a pro-Kurdish Daily Newspaper, harassed and temporary closed for speaking on behalf of the Kurds and attacking the futility of a military solution. A policy of genocide pursued against the Kurds, part of whose country Turkey occupies. No 1 State Security Court for using the words 'the Kurdish and Turkish people'.