Protests for Mehmet Çakas: Deportation to Turkey threatens!

Protests for Mehmet Çakas: Deportation to Turkey threatens!

In the past few days, massive protests have occurred in Lower Saxony and Hamburg against the impending deportation of the Kurdish activist Mehmet çakas. Activist: Inside, "Freedom for Mehmet Çakas" and "Law right for Mehmet Çakas" call for loudly. The protests started in Hanover on Friday and continue with another meeting in Hamburg and announced demonstrations in Celle and Uelzen, as reported.

Mehmet çakas, 45 years old and originally from Çewlîg (Bingöl) in Turkey, is currently in the Uelzen correctional facility. It was arrested in December 2022 at the instigation of German authorities in Italy and transferred to Germany in March 2023. In April 2024, a judgment of the Celle Higher Regional Court followed, which sentenced him to two years and ten months in prison for his membership in the PKK. His regular discharge would be expected on October 4, 2025.

Current developments and concern

The situation around Çakas is now cocked: On Thursday, the Attorney General announced that it waived the execution of his prison sentence in order to enable deportation. This gives rise to concern because Çakas could be picked up from custody at any time and deported to Turkey. In Turkey, he threatens further criminal proceedings and torture and inhuman terms of detention, as his lawyer Dr. Björn Elberling emphasized. An urgent application from the constitutional court should still prevent the deportation. The decision is expected for the beginning of next week, reports [rf-news.de] (https://www.rf-news.de/2025/kw27/akute-abschiebungs threat- against Kurdische-kurdische-Mehmet-Cakas).

Kon-Med, the confederation of the communities of Kurdistan in Germany, condemns the impending delivery to the Erdogan regime as contrary to human rights and demands the immediate suspension of the procedure. The co-chair Ruken Akça describes the possible deportation as a scandal that urgently requires political action. In the case of Mehmet çakas, many people see an exemplary example of criminalization of Kurdish engagements in Germany, as Kerem Gök is listed by Kon-Med.

general deportation practice

The number of deportations in Turkey has increased significantly in recent years, which is awakening the public debate on human rights and dealing with Kurdish activists in Germany. According to Spiegel.de, the Federal Government is under criticism of exacerbating deportation policy, while at the same time more and more people before repression and persecution in their home countries flee.

The coming days will be crucial, both for Mehmet Çakas and for the broad solidarity movement that supports him. The calls according to a fair asylum procedure and the respect for human rights are unmistakable, and they show that the struggle for freedom and justice continues.