Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Turkey ran an awareness campaign in September 18-30 2014 entitled, "Say STOP to the Judicial Persecutions against Hizb ut Tahrir". The campaign attracted the support and voices of many Muslims both in Turkey and from other parts of the globe. Due to the scale of support that was received, a petition was organised as part of the second phase of the awareness campaign.

On the 9th of November, 6 members of Hizb ut Tahrir were detained by police officers following the running of a petition stall in Keçiören, Ankara. Serdar Kaya, Ahmet Sivren, Ahmet Kaygusuz, Nazif Kuzu, Abdurrahim Baser and Kenan Altay were detained without charge. Following the incident, the families of the men, along with the compassionate Muslims of Keçiören, gathered in protest in front of the local police station. Despite the absence of any tangible evidence, the police officers then transferred the case of the detained men to be dealt with by anti-terrorism officials. The families and local protesters refused to leave the site until the case was heard and the men were freed. At 10:45pm, our 6 brothers were released from custody. The families and the supportive crowd greeted the brothers with applause and takbiraat.

Over 500 hundred Muslims in Turkey have been given a collective sentence of about 1,828 years for working with Hizb ut Tahrir in the struggle to re-establish the Khilafah "Caliphate". This recent incident is a symptom of the continuing persecution directed at Hizb ut Tahrir by Turkey. Hizb ut Tahrir will never cease to participate in da'wah and will continue to work for its objective - the reestablishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" ar-rashida.

Sunday, 16 Muharram 1436 AH corresponding to November 7, 2014 CE

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