alternative turkey aid

The alternative Turkeihilfe (ath) was founded in 1979 as an association of individuals who wanted to provide direct aid to the population as a counterpart to the official military and economic aid of the federal government. This dissolved in 1986.

Self-presentation

In a self-presentation it said:

“The ath turns against the 'aid' that only supports the ruling regime and serves a policy that drives the population into ever greater impoverishment. We provide alternative help that benefits people directly and contributes to an improvement in their living situation. We support opposition and politically persecuted people to ensure their survival. We continue to give financial aid to alternative economic projects in which those involved can make their own decisions about their operations. Furthermore, the provision of medication to slums and impoverished villages is planned. "

Another focus of ath was the publication of alternative information materials, with reports on human rights violations being the main focus. For this purpose, an office was opened in Herford at the beginning of the 1980s , in which press reports (mainly from the Turkish press) were archived and the bi- weekly (German) turkey info service was compiled from them.

Publications

The publications included

Fatsa. Self-government in an emerging country. A model is indicted , Bielefeld: Helweg, 1980, OCLC 258378530
Mass trials in Turkey , Sonderinfo 2, Bielefeld, October 1982, OCLC 79980211

Persecution of the bourgeois opposition , Sonderinfo 3, Bielefeld October 1982, OCLC 83398428

Torture in Turkey , Sonderinfo 4, Bielefeld, February 1983, OCLC 81336097

Military in Power , Bielefeld, September 1982, OCLC 79095275

NATO country Turkey: the military in power , 2nd edition, Herford, August 1983, OCLC 74767054

carrier

The sponsors of the ath were well-known and less well-known politicians, journalists and writers. These included: MdB Manfred Coppik , MdB Klaus Kirschner , MdB Klaus Thüsing , MdB Renate Schmidt , MdB Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul , Jürgen Roth , Günter Wallraff , Gerhard Zwerenz , Christine Huth, Bernhard Hoffmann, Kamil Taylan, Helmut Oberdiek.

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The information provided here is available in similar wording in all of the publications (brochures) listed above.

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut Oberdiek has made some publications available as PDF files. They can be downloaded from sites such as Archives or Old Documents , or can be viewed as pages in the wiki under titles such as Trials of Consequences of Torture , Mass Trials and the Death Penalty, or Deaths under Torture in 1980 .

[1] Helmut Oberdiek has made some publications available as PDF files. They can be downloaded from sites such as Archives or Old Documents , or can be viewed as pages in the wiki under titles such as Trials of Consequences of Torture , Mass Trials and the Death Penalty, or Deaths under Torture in 1980 .