[Statement of the World Anti-imperialist Platform]
The Erdoğan Fascist Government Must Immediately Release the International Delegation of the World Anti-imperialist Youth Platform and Turkish Youth Activists!
At around 3:00 AM on July 1, the Erdoğan fascist authorities raided the youth camp venue of the World Anti-imperialist Youth Platform (Youth Platform). Then, at around 8:00 AM, they illegally and violently detained a total of about 20 people, including the international delegation of the World Anti-imperialist Youth Platform and Turkish youth activists. They are currently being held at the Çanakkale Police Station. The members of the Youth Platform were ruthlessly seized by the fascist authorities while conducting theoretical and academic events, including the 3rd International Anti-imperialist Conference of the Youth Platform and Seminars, along with international solidarity activities on the outskirts of Istanbul. The Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye explicitly stipulates the freedom of thought and academia. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is one of the core UN human rights treaties and was ratified by Türkiye in 2003, guarantees freedom of expression and thought. This detention by the Turkish authorities is the worst fascist outrage that brutally violates their own constitution and international law.
The Erdoğan fascist government has completely transformed the entire territory of Türkiye into a lawless zone ahead of the NATO Summit. Since June, using the Ankara Prosecutor’s Office as its instrument, it has launched a so-called “anti-terror operation.” To date, more than 500 people, including members of progressive political parties in Türkiye as well as worker and youth activists, have been arrested in a large-scale, orchestrated campaign of preemptive arrests carried out under the pretext of national security, and some have been detained. From midnight on June 28 until midnight on July 10, all forms of public assemblies, demonstrations, street marches, press conferences, leaflet distributions, and banner displays have been completely banned throughout the capital city of Ankara and in all locations where NATO military bases are situated. Core roads heading toward the airport, the vicinity of the summit venue, and areas surrounding the delegations’ accommodations have been completely blockaded by the military and police. Under the guise of administrative orders, the authorities are fabricating a state of martial law, gravely violating not only the human rights and freedoms of the progressive forces in Türkiye but also those of the people.
The Erdoğan fascist government must immediately release the international delegation of the Youth Platform and Turkish youth activists! We strongly condemn the ruthless, illegal, and violent detention of both domestic and foreign nationals by raiding on an event that was conducted completely legally and held solely for internal participants. We reemphasizes the fact that the Youth Platform—fully aware of the fascist atrocities of the Turkish authorities who are turning Ankara into a massive prison under the pretext of the NATO Summit—conducted its events solely as an internal events in a remote area located seven hours from Istanbul, which itself is six hours away from Ankara. The fact that NATO is behind this Turkish fascist outrage once again confirms the viciousness and barbarism of NATO, the gathering center of imperialist aggressive forces and the headquarters for World War 3. “Disband NATO!” and “Down with Imperialism!” are the most righteous slogans that the youth and people throughout the world must shout at this present time. We will never yield to any violence or suppression by the imperialist forces of aggression and the Turkish fascist authorities; rather, we will arouse the youth and people of the world to overthrow imperialism and fascism, bringing forward a new world of independence, democracy, and peace.
July 1, 2026
World Anti-imperialist Platform
[Following is the pictures of the PDP members rallying in front of the Turkish Embassy in the ‘Republic of Korea’ on July 2]
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