Statement from the National Center on Nasuh Mahruki: He has exercised his freedom of expression
The National Center Board of Directors, chaired by former Parliament Speaker Hüsamettin Cindoruk, reacted to the arrest warrant issued for Nasuh Mahruki with a press statement.
Reacting to the attempt to detain Nasuh Mahruki by sending police to his home, the National Center issued the following statement:
Our National Center Board member, Nasuh Mahruki—a valuable writer, the founding president of AKUT, and one of the unforgettable heroes of the 1999 earthquake who planted the Turkish flag on Mount Everest twice—was sought to be detained following a raid on his home by several plainclothes police officers after an arrest warrant was issued against him, following a statement he made on his X account to warn the CHP as a concerned citizen regarding early elections.
Nasuh Mahruki has expressed his thoughts as a concerned citizen within the scope of the fundamental rights defined in Article 26 of the Constitution, titled "Freedom of expression and dissemination of thought."
As the National Center, we strongly condemn the issuance of an "arrest warrant" for Mr. Mahruki and the attempt to restrict his freedom.
We are observing with concern the increasingly widespread authoritarian regime practices of pressure, intimidation, and silencing directed against patriotic, democratic, and Republican intellectuals and opposition figures in our country.
We share our call for the government to put an end to such practices with the concerned public.
We respectfully present this to the attention of the esteemed public.
NATIONAL CENTER MANAGEMENT / EXECUTIVE BOARD
Chairman Av. Hüsamettin Cindoruk Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) 1991-1995 Term
Member Av. Arslan Bulut Journalist-Writer
Member Prof. Dr. Ataol Behramoğlu Poet, Spokesperson for the Artists' Initiative
Member Prof. Dr. Berin Ergin (Ret.) Faculty Member, Jurist
Deputy Gen. Sec. Businessperson Bilge Aras National Center Deputy Secretary General
Member International Relations Bülent Akköse Administrative Bureaucrat
Member Journalist Can Ataklı Journalist-Writer
Member Prof. Dr. Enis Öksüz MHP 21st Term MP, Former Minister of Transport
Member Economist Ertuğrul Kumcuoğlu MHP 23rd Term Member of Parliament
Member Mech. Eng. Fevzi Durgun Former President of USİAD
Secretary General Chemical Eng. Haluk Dural (Ret.) Holding General Coordinator, Former DPT Expert
Member Educator Hasan Macit DSP 21st and 23rd Term MP
Member Ret. Vice Admiral Kadir Sağdıç (Ret.) Vice Admiral, Former Southern Sea Area Commander
Member Prof. Dr. Kemal Alemdaroğlu Former Rector of Istanbul University
Member Av. Kemal Anadol CHP 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd Term MP, Writer
Member Lawyer Muammer Aydın Former President of the Istanbul Bar Association
Member Business/National Security Nasuh Mahruki Former President of AKUT
Member Prof. Dr. Necla Arat CHP 23rd Term Member of Parliament
Deputy Gen. Sec. Business Master's Degree Nihan Aras (Ret.) Bank Deputy General Manager
Member Prof. Dr. Nur Serter CHP 23rd, 24th Term MP, Economist
Member Av. Önay Alpago Former Minister of State of the 50th Government, Faculty Member
Member Prof. Dr. Övgün Ahmet Ercan Geophysical Engineer
Member Social Sciences Recai Aksu Journalist-Broadcaster
Member Mech. Eng. Sevinç Dalyan National Center Istanbul Representative
Member Dr. Ret. Major General Tarık Özkut Faculty Member
Member Prof. Dr. Süheyl Batum CHP 24th Term Member of Parliament
Member Prof. Dr. Tevfik Özcan (Ret.) Faculty Member, Jurist
Member Ret. Rear Admiral Türker Ertürk (Ret.) Naval Academy Commander
Ankara Representative Economist Ufuk Söylemez DP 20th and 21st Term MP, Former Minister of State
Member Journalist-Writer Uluç Gürkan DSP 19th-21st Term MP, TBMM 20th Term Deputy Speaker
Member Ret. Ambassador Uluç Özülker (Ret.) Ambassador
Member Mech. Eng. Ümit Ülgen Former ADD Marmara Region Representative
Member Ret. Staff Colonel, Civil Engineer Ümit Yalım Former Ministry of National Defense Secretary General
Member Journalist-Writer Ümit Zileli Journalist-Writer
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