Intellectuals supported Ahmet Telli whom nationalists tried to lynch in during an interview.  The group tried to lynch Telli and screamed: 'Hacettepe will be your grave'.

 

Numerous names, including intellectuals, journalists and writers, published the following text in support of Telli: "Poet Ahmet Telli responded to the question 'what is social conscience?' by saying ' Society doesn't have a conscience, they have a lynch culture. Conscience is individual.' in a bull session which he was invited by the book club. A group started screaming 'We will bury you in this country, we are the state.' We, who have signed this, will always support Ahmet Telli who said: " Their aggressive behavior was the proof of what I said. They were there for a lynch. If they summoned me again for a reading,I would go back."

 SIGNATORIES

 

"A. Galip Kabasakaloğlu- Philosopher-Poet, Adnan Gül-Writer, Ahmet Aziz Nesin- Journalist, Ahmet Bozkurt-Poet, Ahmet Can Akyol-Poet, Akın Yanardağ-Poet, Akif Kurtuluş-Poet, Writer Ali Duran Topuz- Writer, Altay Ömer Erdoğan-Poet, Armağan Kargılı-Journalist, Asuman Susam-Poet, Ataol Behramoğlu-Poet, Atilla Yüceak-Poet, Aydemir Çimen-Writer, Aydın Öztürk-Poet, Aydın Şimşek-Poet, Writer, Ayşe Batumlu Kaya-Writer, Berivan Burkay Kaya-Poet, Betül Dünder-Poet, Binali Duman-Poet, Burhan Gündoğan-Poet, Burhan Sönmez-Poet, C. Hakkı Zariç-Poet, Can Ceylan-Poet, Celal Başlangıç–Journalist, Celal Çimen-Poet, Celal Erciyes -Poet, Cenk Gündoğdu-Poet, Cezmi Ersöz-Poet-Yazar, Coşkun Şimşekli-Poet, Dedocan Luvi-Poet, Deniz Bayrak-Musician, Deniz Durukan-Poet, Devrim Tekinoğlu-Publisher-Director, Dicle Anter-Activist, Emir Ali Yağan- Poet-Writer, Eren Aysan-Poet, Erol Özkoray-Writer, Fadıl Öztürk-Poet-Writer, Faruk Balıkçı-Journalist-Writer, Fehim Işık–Journalist, Fergun Özelli-Poet-Writer, Ferhat Tunç-Artist, Gülümser Çankaya-Poet, Hakan Kuyumcu Photographer, Hakan Tahmaz-Writer, Halide Yıldırım-Poet, Hasan Özkılıç-Writer, Hasan Sağlam- Artist, Haydar Doğan-Writer, Haydar Egülen-Poet, Hayri K.Yitik-Writer, Hıdır Işık-Poet, Hicri İzgören-Writer, Hidayet Karakuş-Poet, Hülya Deniz Ünal-Writer, Hüsam Kurt-Poet, Hüseyin Cengiz-Writer, Hüseyin Şahin-Poet, Hüseyin Yurttaş-Poet-Writer, İkbal Kaynar-Writer, İlkay Akkaya-Artist, İshak Karakaş-Journalist, İsmet Alıcı-Poet, Kemal Yurtbay-Writer, Koray Düzgören-Journalist, Lal Laleş-Poet, Leyla Onomay-Poet, M. Mahsun Doğan-Poet, Mahmut Temizyürek-Poet, Mazlum Çetinkaya-Poet, Mehmet Çetin-Poet, Mehmet Özer-Photographer, Mehtap Meral-Poet, Mesut Aşkın-Poet, Muharrem Akgün-Artist, Muharrem Erbey-Writer, Mustafa Işık-Writer, Mutlucan Güvendir-Poet, Namık Kuyumcu-Poet, Writer, Nesimi Aday-Poet, Neslihan Yalman-Poet, Neşe Özgen-Writer, Nevzat Çelik-Poet, Nihat Behram-Poet, Nurhan Yıldırım Obuz-Artist, Önder Birol-Poet, Önder Kızılkaya-Poet, Özgün E. Bulut- Poet, Pelin Batu-Poet, Ragıp Zarakolu- Publisher, Writer, Rahmi Emeç-Poet, Sebahattin Umutlu-Poet, Semih Çelenk-Poet, Writer, Serap Erdoğan-Poet, Sercihan Alioğlu-Sculpture, Suat Çelebi-Attorney, Suavi-Artist, Şaban Ol-Poet, Şenel Gökçe-Poet, Şenol Akdağ-Artist, Şükrü Erbaş-Poet, Tahir Şilkan-Writer, Tuğrul Keskin-Poet, Tunay Bozyiğit-Artist, Uğur Sümer-Writer, Umay Umay-Poet, Writer, Umur Hozatlı- Director-Writer, Ümit Yaşar Işıkhan-Poet, Ünal Ersözlü-Poet-Writer, Vecdi Erbay-Poet,Journalist, Yıldız İlhan-Writer, Yusuf Alper-Poet."