Erkan Baş condemns NATO-related detentions in Ankara, calls city 'open-air prison'

Erkan Baş, the General Chairman of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP), has strongly criticized the police detentions carried out in Ankara on Tuesday morning. In a statement released via his social media account, Baş denounced the extensive police presence and forceful interventions, arguing they were excessive for any typical gathering.

Baş asserted that the city was transformed into an "open-air prison" because the NATO summit was perceived as a venue to discuss the continuation of "destruction" against the people of Gaza and Iran, and to impose further poverty and hardship on workers. He characterized the police actions as a manifestation of "guilt psychology" by the authorities.

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They wouldn't need this much pressure, attack, and harsh intervention if there were any meeting. They are turning Ankara into an open-air prison because the NATO summit is a meeting where how the destruction against the people of Gaza and Iran will continue, and how more poverty and misery will be imposed on the workers, will be discussed. A reflection of guilt psychology...

Despite the crackdown, Baş expressed confidence that such measures would not prevent global awareness and opposition to what he termed "global treason." He urged the "Palace Regime" to cease oppressing its citizens for the comfort of "Trump and his friends." The TİP leader concluded by extending solidarity to all those detained and demanding their immediate release.

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But whatever they do, they cannot prevent this global treason from being heard and drawing a reaction. The Palace Regime must stop oppressing our people for the comfort of Trump and his friends. We share our solidarity feelings with all the revolutionaries detained and demand their immediate release.