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On the 28th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 12, 1980, tens of thousands of workers and labourers took the streets in many cities, and at first, in Izmir and Istanbul, and they demanded that those who are responsible for the coup should be judged.
One of these rallies was organised under the slogan "From the coup of September 12 to Ergenekon : Disband the counter-guerrilla, judge the putchists" on September 14 at Iskele Square at the district Kadıköy in Istanbul. {divide}Thousand of people joined the rally responding the call of various organisations, among them the ESP , DTP , EMEP , SDP , Association 78liler, Halkevleri , Devrimci Hareket, Partizan and SODAP . Trade unions such as Deri-Is , Limter-Is and Tekstil-Sen also took place at the rally. The demonstrators carried the photos of the revolutionaries who were killed during the military coup. The police attack at the bloc of the revolutionary group "Partizan" was fought back by the anti-fascists at the rally. At the speeches from the stage, the balance of massacres, killings, tortures and imprisonments that were committed during the September 12 coup were announced. It was stressed that the environment of the coup was made continuous through the Constitution approved in 1982, that the generals responsible for the coup were still not brought to justice and that there continues to exist a strong link among the putchist army and the counter-guerrilla organisation. It was demanded that the counter-guerrilla should be disbanded.
In Izmir, 40 thousand workers and labourers joined the rally that was organised by the DISK at Gundogdu Square. The protestors who marched towards the square departing from three different points condemned the fascist coup. They cried out the slogans "Judge the putchists!" and "Disband the institutions formed by the coup!" The rally started with one-minute-silence in honour of the revolutionaries that were killed in 1980 and continued with the speech made by Suleyman Celebi, General President of the DISK.
In Ankara, anti-fascists condemned the coup through a rally organised at the Sihhiye Square. In many other cities such as Bursa, Antakya, Malatya, Antep and Dersim, the people raised their anger against the September 12 coup through various actions and activities.
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