Maside Ocak speaks of her disappeared brother
Maside Ocak speaks of her disappeared brother
Ocak and Karakoç families are the symbols of the fight against the disappearances. They have gravestones to visit and kiss, like kissing the forehead of their beloved. This is “fortune” when compared with the relatives of thousands of people who are still missing. This is a weird fortune in fact, a fortune created by the shame of the state, with their own words.
Two more people are lying near-by the war veterans at the Veterans Cemetery; Hasan Ocak and Rýdvan Karakoç who became the symbols of the fight against disappeared people. The tortured bodies of two revolutionists were found thanks to the struggle given by their families and comrades. Their families have visited them for 16 years at the first day of feasts, water the soil of their graves, weed the flowers on the graves and lament for their beloved.
Their families are fortunate for knowing the burial places of their children, in comparison to those who are still looking for their dead children for many long years now. Like Hasan Ocak’s sister Maside Ocak says; “The fortune of having a graveyard is actually a shame of the state.”
Speaking to ANF at the graveside of her brother, Maside Ocak describes the last 16 years without her brother as follows; “This is a period of time which was both very long and passed as if a few seconds on the other side.”
“We are here at the graveside of my brother with those and for those with whom we have become comrades in this struggle for 16 years and stood side by side at Galatasaray Square”, says Maside Ocak and tells her feelings as follows; “This is a very different and weird feeling. It is a shame of the state and its governors, not ours, if people consider themselves fortunate for having a grave in this country. For the last 16 years along which we have tried to have a grave for all our disappeared relatives, we try to tell their fault to their face and express them that we no more want to feel fortunate for having a grave for our children. We want to leave flowers on the graves of other disappeared people too.”
Maside Ocak tells that they can’t accurately suffer for their relatives even at their graveside and reminds the relatives of the disappeared people who don’t even have a gravestone. “We live the pain of our relatives here, at their graveside while on the other hand millions of times rewording our wishes that other beloved of us could also have a graveside”, adds sister Ocak.
“They left deep and rueful feast for us to live after them. We stand by our beloved in the 17th year as well.” says Rýdvan Karakoç’s brother Hasan Karakoç who also bears unexplainable feelings for being able to have a graveside of his brother. He tries to express his feelings with the following statements; “Having a grave for him is a pain messed with fortune when compared to the families of other disappeared people. We at least have a graveside to visit and leave flowers on while there are thousands of families who have nowhere to find their children. Shame on the state which makes people suffer and deems us worthy of these pains.”
As at every opportunity, Karakoç here also underlines that they never did or will forget the disappearances and reminds of their word; “As we promised when they first died a martyr, we are following in their footsteps. We will never forget them who became a seed, light, brightness and torches of tomorrow to us.”
Two more people are lying near-by the war veterans at the Veterans Cemetery; Hasan Ocak and Rýdvan Karakoç who became the symbols of the fight against disappeared people. The tortured bodies of two revolutionists were found thanks to the struggle given by their families and comrades. Their families have visited them for 16 years at the first day of feasts, water the soil of their graves, weed the flowers on the graves and lament for their beloved.
Their families are fortunate for knowing the burial places of their children, in comparison to those who are still looking for their dead children for many long years now. Like Hasan Ocak’s sister Maside Ocak says; “The fortune of having a graveyard is actually a shame of the state.”
Speaking to ANF at the graveside of her brother, Maside Ocak describes the last 16 years without her brother as follows; “This is a period of time which was both very long and passed as if a few seconds on the other side.”
“We are here at the graveside of my brother with those and for those with whom we have become comrades in this struggle for 16 years and stood side by side at Galatasaray Square”, says Maside Ocak and tells her feelings as follows; “This is a very different and weird feeling. It is a shame of the state and its governors, not ours, if people consider themselves fortunate for having a grave in this country. For the last 16 years along which we have tried to have a grave for all our disappeared relatives, we try to tell their fault to their face and express them that we no more want to feel fortunate for having a grave for our children. We want to leave flowers on the graves of other disappeared people too.”
Maside Ocak tells that they can’t accurately suffer for their relatives even at their graveside and reminds the relatives of the disappeared people who don’t even have a gravestone. “We live the pain of our relatives here, at their graveside while on the other hand millions of times rewording our wishes that other beloved of us could also have a graveside”, adds sister Ocak.
“They left deep and rueful feast for us to live after them. We stand by our beloved in the 17th year as well.” says Rýdvan Karakoç’s brother Hasan Karakoç who also bears unexplainable feelings for being able to have a graveside of his brother. He tries to express his feelings with the following statements; “Having a grave for him is a pain messed with fortune when compared to the families of other disappeared people. We at least have a graveside to visit and leave flowers on while there are thousands of families who have nowhere to find their children. Shame on the state which makes people suffer and deems us worthy of these pains.”
As at every opportunity, Karakoç here also underlines that they never did or will forget the disappearances and reminds of their word; “As we promised when they first died a martyr, we are following in their footsteps. We will never forget them who became a seed, light, brightness and torches of tomorrow to us.”
