The mother of HPG (People Defence Forces) guerrilla Özgür Daðhan (Sipan Amed), who lost his life during the clashes in Gümüþhane and whose body was confirmed to be tortured, has started the death fast.

While Özgür Daðhan’s family couldn’t get over the shock due to the torture traces on their son's body, his mother Gülistan Daðhan has started a death fast. She had eat nothing for 5 days since she heard about her son’s death.

The relatives said that mother Daðhan can no more tolerate the pain and confirmed that she has neither eaten nor spoken anything for 5 days. Affected by Daðhan’s pain, the women nearby also burst into tears. Father Mehmet Daðhan wanted the clashes to come to an end as soon as possible.

On the other hand, thousands of people have visited Dicleliler Mourning house to express their condolences to the family since yesterday. Foreign press members also visited the mourning house and interviewed the family.

TERRIBLE TORTURE ON THE BODY

The blood-tingling torture traces on the bodies of the guerrillas who lost their lives 2 weeks ago during the clashes in Kelkit/Gümüþhane had been seen at the funerals. Daðhan family was shocked with what they saw when they went to Trabzon to recognize the body that had been kept waiting in the morgue. The head part of the body was completely crashed and had only teeth and sprinkle of hair left.

TORTURE ALSO ON THE OTHER TWO BODIES

Having difficulty with recognizing the body, Daðhan family saw the same violence traces on the other two bodies that were kept waiting at the same morgue. That Daðhan’s body didn’t have any damage on other parts of his body, called to mind the possibility that he was executed and tortured afterward.

Translator: Berna Ozgencil