On the day of the funerals of some of the 12 young guerrillas who lost their life in Uludere last Friday and Saturday, yesterday was the day other 28 young people were remembered. It was 17 May 1994 and these young people were killed by chemical weapons on Bezar Mountain in Adýyaman and buried together in the same grave not far from where their lives had been taken by soldiers. Six of the youngsters were Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members, while the other 22 were just high school graduated young boys who were on their way to join the PKK.

Thousands, including independent candidates, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and many NGO managers and members, marched toward Bezar Mountain to commemorate these young boys.

Thanking the people who attended the ceremony, the mothers of Hanefi Kaya and Fidel Töre, two of the young boys killed, addressed the crowd after the march.

BDP Adýyaman Chair Mehmet Varol also spoke at the meeting, saying that; “unfortunately the mentality we saw in 1994 was not different from the mentality we are witnessing today, in 2011. Young people continue to be killed by the military forces. Kurdish people will look after their young boys and girls under any circumstance. No one can force us to stop fighting for our basic human rights.”

Protestors claimed that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has to be held accountable for the recent massacres.

Kurdish people turned the mass grave into a mausoleum people can visit. In this way they have ensured that the memory of these young people will not be lost.