ISTANBUL (AA) - A group, in Turkey, consisting of authors, journalists, artists and academicians, released a counter-declaration for the letter which was published in The Times and signed by some celebrities such as Sean Penn, Ben Kingsley and David Lynch, criticizing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government.
The declaration criticized the opinions published in the British newspaper, with its headline "We have many men".
"Saying the truth is beyond all material and moral interests. It is essential to overtake responsibilities of being human in order to have this virtue. History of humanity includes many civilizations which were left to us as legacies. Unfortunately, some hegemonic powers sustain habit of imperialist period such as thinking themselves more superior than people by using their economic and political privileges," says the declaration.
The group said in the declaration that opinions of those who criticized our country's issues did not matter for the people who kept their country and citizens above their own interests and groups, adding this impudent attempt was a trap which was known by Turkish people.
These passionate actors were products of an indelicate attitude, who added trick into the art and idea competition which should friendly be conducted, said the group in the declaration, adding that Turkey is a country of strong and long-running people who know their own matters, overcome and solve them.
The following names undersigned the counter-declaration titled "We have many men":
"Guven Adiguzel, Mustafa Akar, Seref Akbaba, Mehmet Akdag, Prof. Dr. Hasan Akay, Huseyin Akin, Cevat Akkanat, Ozlem Albayrak, Yunus Emre Altuntas, Prof. Dr. M. Fatih Andi, Bulent Ata, Huseyin Atlansoy, Tayyib Atmaca, Ahmet Ay, Mehmet Ayci, Hasan Aycİn, Ali Aycil, Alparslan Babaoglu, Mahmut Balci, Emine Batar, Prof. Dr. Osman Bilen, Haci Saban Boztas, Ayse Bohurler, Ali Bulac, Kamil Remzi Cin, Elif Cakir, Furkan Caliskan, Seyhu'l-hattatin Hasan Celebi, Ass. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Celebi, Ersin Celik, Hasibe Cerko, Duran Cetin, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cicekler, Mustafa Ciftci, Ersoy Dede, Aslan Degirmenci, Berat Demirci, Senai Demirci, İhsan Deniz, Ahmet Dogan, D. Mehmet Dogan, Mustafa Baki Efe, Ali Emre, Sibel Eraslan, Ibrahim Erdogan, Mehmet Erikli, Omer Erinc, Naime Erkovan, Metin Erol, Aykut Ertugrul, Guzide Erturk, Hayati Esen, Bilal Habes Evran, Celal Fedai, Ass. Prof. Dr. Ozlem Fedai, Erol Goka, Mehmet Ziya Gokalp, Ali Gocer, Abdullah Harmanci, Ali Işik, Leyla Ipekci, Halil Ibrahim Izgi, Bunyamin K., Ibrahim Kahveci, Sabahattin Kaplan, Yusuf Kaplan, Ayse Kara, Metin Karabasoglu, Nihal Bengisu Karaca, Prof. Dr. Alaattin Karaca, Yasemin Karahuseyin, Hasan Karakaya, Cevdet Karal, Necdet Karasevda, Dilek Kartal, Akif Hasan Kaya, Huseyin Kaya, Vural Kaya, Mehmet Emin Kazci, Ahmet Kekec, Ismail Kilicarslan, Meryem Kilic, Taha Kilinc, Turan Kislakcı, Nurullah Koltas, Halime Kokce, Mustafa Konecoglu, Yahya Kurtkaya, Mehmet Kurtoglu, Mehmet Rasit Kuçukkurtul, Omer Lekesiz, Muhammet Mag, Necati Mert, Mustafa Muharrem, Osman Ozbahce, Yunus Emre Ozsaray, Fevzi Ozturk, Iskender Pala, Bulent Parlak, Cem Sancar, Ismail Sert, Ayse Sevim, Ali Sozer, Huseyin Su, Guray Sungu, Yasar Sungu, H. Humeyra Sahin, Selvigul Kandogmus Sahin, Cemal Sakar, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Kevser Serefoglu, Ahmet Tasgetiren, Ibrahim Tenekeci, Ceyhun Emre Teoman, Osman Toprak, Necip Tosun, Nursel Tozkoparan, Adem Turan, Mumtaz'er Turkone, Ayse Uckan, Mustafa Ucurum, Mustafa Ulusoy, A. Ali Ural, Hayriye Unal, Ozcan Unlu, Unsal Unlu, Ahmet Veske, Sergul Vural, Sumeyra Yaman, Isik Yanar, Sadik Yalsizucanlar, Suavi Kemal Yazgic, Kaan Murat Yanik, Sernur Yaslikaya, Kamil Yesil, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Oguz Yenidunya, Handan Acar Yildiz, Mehtap Yilmaz, Gonul Yonar, Tuna Lutfu Yukay, Selahattin Yusuf."
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