Closure Case Against H.A.D.E.P.

ANKARA, Jan 17 (A.A) - Constitutional Court on Thursday listened to the verbal statements of Sabih Kanadoglu, the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, in the case filed to close People's Democracy Party (HADEP) on charges of ''becoming a focus point of actions against inseparable integrity of the state with its country and nation''.
Kanadoglu conveyed his views to the Constitutional Court for nearly one hour and 15 minutes.
Speaking to reporters, Kanadoglu said, ''inseparable integrity of the Turkish Republic with its country and nation is the fundamental principle of our constitution and the fundamental reason of our existence.''
Kanadoglu said he explained that HADEP became the focus of the activities which contradict with this fundamental principle. Kanadoglu said he disclosed his reasons regarded with his claim.
Kanadoglu said he demanded the party in question to be closed in respect to the dimensions and qualities of the activities.
Vural Savas, the Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor then, filed a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court with the request of closure of the HADEP on January 29, 1999.
HADEP administrations presented their pre-defense on April 5, 1999 while Savas expressed his views regarding the merits of the case on April 9, 1999. On June 23, 1999, the party administrators made their final defense against the merits of the case.
Meanwhile, HADEP administrators will make their verbal defense on January 30, 2002.
Later, the Constitutional Cort will set a date to debate and to take a decision about the closure case.
The indictment claimed that HADEP had organic connection with the terrorist organization PKK. It noted that HADEP was totally under the control of the terrorist organization PKK like People's Labour Party (HEP) and Democracy Party (DEP) which had earlier been closed down.
The indictment said that this organization staged activities in the direction of the orders and instructions of the central committee of the terrorist organization. It claimed that HADEP congresses were turned into grounds where demonstration in favour of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, was made.
People who attended seminars organized by HADEP branches and meetings held by youth, woman, health and worker commissions of HADEP were tried to be imposed views like enmity towards the constitutional order and unitary state structure, the indictment said.
The indictment stated, ''acitivities like organizing citizens of Kurdish origin around the terrorist organization PKK, carrying out activities to send militants to mountain quadre of PKK through internal and external terrorist camps are carried out in HADEP provincial and town organizations. Thus, it has been clearly seen that HADEP has turned into 'enlisting units' of the terrorist organization PKK.''
The indictment asked for the closure of HADEP under Article 68 of the Constitution which regulates the conditions ''for a party to become the focus point of activities against the inseparable integrity of the state with its country and nation'' on charges that the party acted against Article 78 of the Political Parties Law about ''laws on protection of democratic state order'', Article 79 of the Political Parties Law regulating ''the protection of independence'', Article 80 of the Political Parties Law foreseeing ''the principle of uniqueness of the state'', Article 81 covering ''prevention of creation of minority'', Article 82 foreseeing ''ban of racism and regionalism.''