Statement on Gaza from 250 writers and literary figures: "Stop this destruction immediately"

250 writers and literary figures called on the government to take an urgent and effective stance against Israel's massacre and genocide in Gaza .

Calling on their colleagues and the culture and arts community to mobilize, the authors said, "This destruction must stop, and everyone, everywhere in the world, must protect life and peace."

The statement, titled "Enough is enough! This destruction must stop!", said:

Neither international agreements, nor the states that signed these agreements, nor statements could save Gaza. The destruction was created and supported by Israel's invasive, genocidal aggression and those seeking global power and self-interest. War merchants increased their profits, while those who profited from trade remained silent.

The massacre has been going on for two years. We don't know if Gaza is a city, but every stone, every whisper, every smoke is us, everything that stands for humanity. Enough is enough! This destruction must stop, and everyone, everywhere, must stand up for life and peace.

As writers and literati, we call on the government to stop shedding crocodile tears and take an urgent and effective action, and call on the entire cultural and artistic community, professional organizations, and our colleagues to mobilize with all the means and methods at their disposal to stop the massacre.

The authors who signed the statement are as follows:

Abdullah Aren Çelik, Abdullah Ataşçı, Abdullah Yılmaz, Abidin Parıltı, Ahmet Erkam Saraç, Ahmet Karadağ, Ahmet Ümit, Algan Sezgintüredi, Aliye Özlü, Altay Öktem, Arlin Çiçekci, Arzu Erkan, Arzu Eylem, Asuman Çakır, Atilla Can, Aybike Ertürk, Ayça Erkol, Ayça Şebnem, Aydan Ay, Aydan Yalçın, Ayfer Karakaş, Ayfer Tunç, Ayhan Koç, Aylin İşcan Yener, Aylin Sökmen, Ayşe Başak Kaban, Ayşe Başçı, Ayşe Övür, Ayşe Şafak Kanca, Ayşegül Devecioğlu, Ayşegül Kocabıçak, Ayşen Işık, Ayşen Şahin, Azimet Avcu, Aziz Gökdemir, Barış İnce, Başak Canda, Başak Sayan, Başar Yılmaz, Belgin Bıyıkoğlu, Belma Fırat, Beşir Sevim, Betül Dünder, Beyda Yıldız, Bircan Çelik, Buket Arbatlı, Buket Uzuner, Burcu Türker, Burhan Sönmez, Bülent Ayyıldız, Bülent Ertekin, Bülent Tekin, Cabir Özyıldız, Can Öktemer, Cemil Er, Ceren Gündoğan, Cihan Ezer, Cihan Oğuz, Coşkun Özbucak, Çağnam Erkmen, Çilem Dilber, Çiler İlhan, Defne Suman, Demet Altınyeleklioğlu, Deniz Durukan, Deniz Eldam, Didem Kazan Sol, Dilek Emir, Dilek İşcen Akışık, Dilek Yılmaz, Dilruba Nuray Erenler, Dursaliye Şahan, Duygu Kankaytsın, E. Nur Akpınar, Ebru Akkan, Eda Akel, Eda Üden, Elif Karık, Emel İrtem, Emel Kaya, Emrullah Alp, Engin Ayça, Ercan Taştekin, Erdoğan Aydın, Eren Aysan, Erendiz Atasü, Erkan Atlıhan, Ertan Meyan, Esen Kunt, Esra Yazdıç Demir, Eşref Yılmaz, Ethem Baran, Eylem Ata, Ezgi Özsan, Ezgi Tanergeç, Fatih Gezer, Fatma Burçak, Fatma Özer, Ferah Doğan, Fevziye Şimdi, Figen Öcal, Figen Şakacı, Gaye Boralıoğlu, Gaye Keskin, Gonca Gülbey, Gonca Özmen, Gökçe Bilgin, Gözde Demirel, Gülayşe Koçak, Gülce Başer, Gülsen Tuncer, Güzin Ayan, Haden Öz, Hakan Akdoğan, Hakan İşcen, Halide Yıldırım, Halil Özçelik, Halil Yörükoğlu, Hande Baba, Hande Çiğdemoğlu, Hasan Aydın, Hatice Dökmen, Haydar Ergülen, Hayrettin Geçkin, Hıdır Işık, Hülya Soyşekerci, İbrahim Aycan, İlay Bilgii, İlkay Noylan, İlyas Tunç, İnci Ponat, Iraz Şensöz, İsmail Güzelsoy, Işık Demirtaş, Işıl Işık, Işıl Madak Kaya, Işın Tuzcular, Kadir Akın, Kamil Akdoğan, Kamil Erdem, Kamil Tekin Sürek, Kerem Işık, Keriman Güldiken, Korhan Atay, Lal Hitay, Lal Laleş, Latife Tekin, Leyla Ruhan Okyay, Loli Uyan, Mahsum Oral, Mehmet Ali Alkaya, Mehmet Ali Güner, Mehmet Altun, Mehmet Anıl, Mehmet Bilal Dede. Mehmet Firat Purselim, Mehmet Kilic, Mehmet Ozceylan, Mehmet Sen, Mehmet Zaman Saclioglu, Melih Ozeren, Melike Ilgun, Melike Senyuksel, Meliksah Altuntas, Meral Cicekicaldal, Merve Yakut, Mevlut Asar, Mevsim Yenice, Mine Soysal, Murat Gulsoy, Murat Ozyasar, Mustafa Durna, Mustafa Guclu, Mustafa Koz, Mujdat Guven, Munire Caliskan Tug, Muren Beykan, Nacisko, Nalan Celik, Namik Kuyumcu, Nermin Yildirim, Neslihan Onderoglu, Nilay Ozer, Nur Alan, Nurhan Suerdem, Nusret Gurgoz, Orhan Murat Bahtiyar, Orhan Pamuk, Oya Baydar, Ozan R. Kartal, Omer Faruk, Ozcan Ozturk, Ozen Yula, Ozgun Enver Bulut, Ozlem Akinci, Polat Ozluoglu, Rabia Celik Cadirci, Rasel Meseri, Ridvan Hatun, Rona Aslan, Sacide Alkar Doster, Saniye Kısakürek, Sedat Demir, Sedef Özge, Selcan Peksan, Semih Çelenk, Semih Gümüş, Semrin Şahin, Sena Türkmen, Senem Gezeroğlu, Sepin Sinanlıoğlu, Serhat Sungur, Serpil Gündüz, Sevim Erdoğan, Sevtap Ayyıldız, Sezer Ateş Ayvaz, Sidem Samsun, Sitem Şanlı, Sonat Yurtçu, Süleyman Yağız, Şafak Pala, Şebnem İşigüzel, Şebnem Oakman, Şeyda Üzer, Şirvan Erciyes, Şöhret Baltaş, Şule Süzük, Taçlı Yazıcıoğlu, Tozan Alkan, Tuğba Akgöz, Tunay Bayrak, Ulvi Güleç, Ümit Aykut Aktaş, Veli Bayrak, Vildan Çetin, Vildan Külahlı Tanış, Yahya Kocaoğlu, Yasemin Çargıt, Yasemin Özek, Yasemin Yazıcı, Yasemin Yılmaz, Yüksek, Yaşar Seyman, Yavuz Ekinci, Yekta Kopan, Yelda Karataş, Yelina Tayfur, Zerrin Saral, Zeynep Göğüş, Zeynep Kahraman Füzün, Zeynep Uysal.