Maintaining a liberal-democratic stand, pro-Kurdish review Serbestî has been published for over a year. As it was declared in its first issue, Serbestî aims to contribute to the solution of Kurdish question within an acceptable legitimate context. 

Turkish government, however, one one hand claims that the "Kurds resort to the violence", while on the other hand the very same government keeps opressing those circles of Kurds who advocate a democratic solution for the Kurdish question by trying to develop solutions on such a basis. As a result of such illegimate practice of the state, of the totaly six issues of Serbestî published so far, second issue and sixth issue which was published just a few days ago, have been confiscated. The trial at Istanbul State Security Court which was brought up against the second issue of Serbestî on the grounds of violating the Anti-Terros Law, was suspended in accordance with the amnesty declared for press crimes after Turkey's acceptance to EU candidateship, provided that it would be put on force if the same crime was comitted again.

Assuring that if it was granted EU candidateship, it would soon stop describinng freedom of thought as a crime, and cancell all the laws that ban the freedom of thought, the Turkish government, by confiscating Kurdish review Serbestî, has demonstrated that it has no intention to take any democratic steps.

We refuse this illegimate practice enforced to Serbestî and call on all democratic circles and human rights activists who wish a solution to Kurdish question on the democratic basis, to oppose such unjust practices.

And by this occasion, we denounce western governments who oppose the unjust practices in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechenia and Cyprus but who nontheless not only dismiss the screams of the Kurds but also contribute to the repression imposed on Kurds by arming Turkish militarism.