Dozens of mothers of the disappeared under Turkish state’s terror regime in 1990s and 2000s gather and sit in to demand an explanation of their loved one’s whereabouts.

For almost nine years Remziye Bayram, stood there with a poster of her two sons. After state of emergency was declared Bayram and fellow protesters moved their protest to Human Rights Association’s office in Diyarbakir.

In 1993, her oldest son, who was 18 at the time, Meki Bayram joined the PKK. The family didn’t hear any news about him since then.

After Meki took the path to the mountains Bayram family had to move to Diyarbakir city center because of increased pressure by Turkish state. In 1994 during visit to their village Remziye Bayram’s second son, Sirin Bayram was taken under custody by Turkish soldiers.

This was the last time Remziye Bayram saw her son. Turkish authorities denied that Sirin Bayram was under custody and gave no further information.

The case was taken to European Court of Human Rights after years of legal struggle. The Human Rights Court found Turkish state guilty and ordered Turkish government to pay 40 thousand Turkish Liras (appx 10 thousand euros) as compensation.

Remziye Bayram refused the compensations. She says that all she wants is to know the fate of her sons.

“My son Sirin was innocent. He was taken under custody and disappeared. Now Human Rights Associations sit-in action is a hope for me. The Turkish state doesn’t listen to us. Maybe this way I can make my voice heard” she said.

Speaking about hope she said that she will be more than happy if she finds remains of her sons. “We are now in a position where we all be happy if we find bones of our loved one’s. We don’t believe that our sons are alive. But we don’t give up hope on justice. Maybe we won’t see justice in this country but our grandsons surely will. Let the Turkish state know that we are after justice and we will continue to search for our sons” she added.