A mourning atmosphere dominated the city of Diyarbakýr today where four Kurdish guerrillas have been buried. In the city and its districts all shutters were down and a black cloth was hung in workplace buildings. A large crowd attended the funeral ceremony at Diyarbakýr Bayramoglu Mosque.

Shops and workplaces were not opened today in the city to honour the seven HPG (People’s Defence Forces) guerrillas who lost their lives in the military operation in the rural areas of Dersim’s Pülümür district. A black cloth was hung outside several Kurdish organizations and institutions including the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) for the guerrillas Ugur Utanc, Hakan Gem, Sehmuz Akak and Serhat Basalak who were buried in Diyarbakir. Students boycotted schools, municipality and private buses turned off the engines.

Ninety percent of workplaces did not opened in Ergani conferring a strange silence to the city. Many vehicles left for Diyarbakýr to join the funeral ceremonies of the four guerrillas while police presence was reported to be very heavy in the city.

Responding to the call by Silvan People's Initiative, the workplaces in the district did not open. BDP Silvan District Organization hung a black cloth on the BDP building.

Shops and workplaces did not open in Lice where mourning was declared for the seven HPG guerrillas. While a black cloth was hung in front of BDP Lice Organization.

While all workplaces are closed in Bismil except for pharmacies and bakeries, BDP Bismil Organization announced three-day mourning in the district.

Translation: Berna Ozgencil