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tion if we were given what was owed to us, otherwise we would
take the machines. They wanted a list of the workers who were re-
sisting. We gave a list of 28 people. They asked for a recess and
the talks ended. At that point there were actually 12 of us in the
resistance but we also added the names of people who were with
us at the start and those who sent their apologies but were unable

to take part.

That night everyone was in the factory. The workers were
melancholy about the ruined state of the factory. On Saturday
morning we again talked to the boss. He said he would be able to
pay us our money later, in instalments. We said we would not ac-
cept this and whether he paid the money or didn’t pay we would
take the machines. His last word was “Those machines are old and
the bailiffs are not interested in your work, so take them.” We said

we would take them. We immediately got together and decided
to remove the machinery. We needed a place where we could put
the machinery. At the same time, we had to rent a winch and lor-
ries. This would be expensive and we had no money. The friends
from the DIH said they would deal with it. Later duties were as-
signed and research into places and transport was conducted. A
shop in Esenyurt was rented on Sunday morning and an arrange-

ment made with a transport firm, we worked on moving things
out and announced the situation to the media. We wanted to do
everything in daylight and before the eyes of everybody, because
this was in return for our labour. We did not want to simply re-
move the machines the way our boss had done.

On Sunday morning a winch and lorries arrived. We began
to remove the machines. We filled a lorry. We had started to fill a

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