Left-Extremist Endeavours

Federal Public Prosecutor
General accuses KAPLAN
on the charge of ringleadership
in a criminal
association
accept that Zionist Israel, Israel the murderer, Israel the
occupying power, will abusively exploit the entire planet, and
the Near East in particular ..."..
Time and again, the "Caliphate State" called for the overthrow of
the Turkish Government. In connection with the legislative elections
in Turkey on 18 April, the organization called for boycotting
the elections:
"Will you go to the ballot box so that these injustices may
continue? So you intend, by voting, to support these devils,
thieves, robbers, brutes, murderers and traitors to their
country?"
("Ümmet-i Muhammed", no. 264 of 4 March 1999, p. 7)
In his statements, KAPLAN repeatedly mentioned the "general
mobilization" of his supporters, which he had already demanded
in May 1998, and called upon these supporters to join the "Jihad":
"The Jihad is a means for teaching the enemy a lesson which
he deserves. At the end of the Jihad, every Muslim will have
two choices - both of which, however, are gratifying: Victory or
a martyr’s death!"
("Ümmet-i Muhammed", no. 257 of 14 January 1999, p. 2)
On 25 March, KAPLAN was arrested in Cologne under an arrest
warrant issued by the investigating judge of the Federal Court of
Justice (BGH). During protest actions against this arrest and the
search of the Cologne headquarters of "The Caliphate State",
KAPLAN’s supporters physically assaulted police officers; 14 policemen
were injured, and some 40 demonstrators were arrested.
Subsequently, supporters of this Association organized a number
of rallies at the seat of the Public Prosecutor General (GBA) at
the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe and called for KAPLAN’s
release; it managed to mobilize up to 3,000 persons from
neighbouring European countries to attend this event. On 13
November, some 2,300 supporters demonstrated in Berlin
against his detention. Turkey accuses KAPLAN of having planned
a suicide attack by his supporters on the Atatürk Mausoleum in
Ankara in late October 1998 and the occupation of a mosque in
Istanbul. An extradition request by Turkey was declined by the
Federal Government in the summer of 1999 in view of the death
penalty likely to be imposed in Turkey. By indictment of 20
August, the Federal Public Prosecutor General (GBA) accused
Metin KAPLAN in the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court of Appeal
(OLG) of having been a ringleader of a criminal association and
of having engaged in public incitement to criminal acts. Another
two functionaries of the Association were accused of having
formed a criminal association. The trial was opened on 8 February
2000. As stated by the Prosecution, KAPLAN, together with
other functionaries within "The Caliphate State", has since 1995 -
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