Merdan Yanardağ wrote it in Silivri: 'Silivri and Resistance Writings' is now in bookstores

Known for his analyses that leave a mark on the public memory, Merdan Yanardağ has brought the texts he penned during his prison days to readers. This work, titled "Silivri and Resistance Writings," contains important assessments regarding law, pressures on the media, the direction of the opposition, and current political developments. In this work, Yanardağ combines his academic background and his experience in journalism and publishing with the testimonies he experienced under prison conditions.

The work is not just a testimony of a period; it also offers thought pieces and political analyses that shed light on the critical issues of today's Turkey. The book includes comprehensive examinations on topics such as political Islam, secularism, the changing dynamics of capitalism, foreign policy, the Palestinian issue, the Kurdish question, and republican-left politics.

Yanardağ's book stands out as a remarkable resource for readers who want to evaluate current politics and social debates from a different perspective.

In the text he wrote at the beginning of the book, Yanardağ defines Silivri Prison not only as a place of imprisonment but also as a symbol of resistance. In the introduction of the book, he says:

"The book in your hands was written under difficult conditions in Silivri Prison, which has become a symbol of the political Islamist government's order of oppression and persecution. However, Silivri is a symbol not only of the government that wants to drag the country into a totalitarian regime but also of a field of resistance and struggle. It is one of the front lines of the struggle for justice, freedom, equality, and democracy against the order of oppression and persecution. No detention and surveillance center in our country has been as famous and well-known as Silivri Prison. So much so that Silivri has now turned into a symbol of a repressive regime known throughout the world.

In the book in your hands, the March 19 coup, the espionage conspiracy, and the attacks on TELE1 are discussed in all their aspects. However, the work is not limited to this. Analyses regarding all internal and external political developments that are of critical importance at this historical turning point we are going through are also included in the book. Therefore, this book is both a product of the Silivri resistance and a tool of this resistance. As the poet said; the issue is not to be taken prisoner, but not to surrender. The resistance continues both inside and outside... We will not bow down to tyranny and lawlessness. We are here! We will win."

In the final part of the book, the full text of Merdan Yanardağ's court defense is also included, and this section is described as a "counter-indictment."

Emerging as an important document for both personal testimony and social memory of the prison period, "Silivri and Resistance Writings" creates a new reading opportunity for those who follow the current agenda of democracy, law, and freedom in Turkey.