Mass graves under AKP ruling ?
Mass graves under AKP ruling ?
Photographs published in a social network on the internet show People's Defense Force (HPG) members being tortured and then buried.
The disturbing photos rise question as to whether a mass grave could have been digged during the ruling of Justice and Development Party (AKP). The photographs are in fact dated 29 September 2007.
It is understood that the soldier who took part to this operation, proudly posted the photos of dead guerrillas on his Facebook account.
Mass graves dating from the 1990s have been on the political agenda now for months after the discovering of remains. The latest mass grave was discovered during restoration works in the former Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti-Terror Unit (JÝTEM) yard.
It has been prove though that torture and violation of guerrillas' bodies is not something confined to the '90s alone.
DIHA News Agency listed some recent events:
* 12 HPG members were killed between 30 June and 1 July 2010. The bodies were beyond recognition because of the burns they carried. Photographs recovered from the mobile phone of a soldier showed the bodies before being burned with other soldiers posing next to them.
* Footages from a mobile phone of a soldier showed bodies of HPG members being dragged and kicked in Þýrnak in 2009.
* The body of Özgür Daðhan (Sipan Aras), one of the five HPG members who lost their life in a gunfight in Tütenli Village of Gümüþhane on 17 June 2010, was said to have been burnt while acid burns were present on the head.
* Serious torture wounds and burns were detected on the bodies of Aydýn Baran (Mazlum Amed), Þehmus Özalp (Cigerxwin Mardin), Bülent Döner (Devrim Sipan) and Emrullah Atalmýþ'ýn (Kendal Kavvar) who were killed in a gunfight in Hassa Town of Hatay on 1 April 2011.
* Serious burns were detected on the bodies of Þehmus Akak (Rizgar Amed), Hakan Gem (Tekoþer Amed), Uður Utanç (Munzur Amed), Rojvan Serhat Baþalak, Ercan Veske (Roni Sozdar), Þerfedin Can (Zerdeþt Çeleng) and Kenan Taþ (Zinar Hakkari) who were killed in a gunfight in Pülümür Town of Dersim on 26 April 2011. It was also observed that their eyes were taken out.
* Serious torture wounds were detected on the bodies of Kenan Topdemir (Cemal), Ali Ekber Soylu and Münir Bilir (Mazlum Guyî) who were killed in Pazarcýk Town of Maraþ, the eyes being taken out.
Despite the evidence of torture, Peace and Democracy Party's (BDP) demand for an investigation submitted at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) has been rejected.
The disturbing photos rise question as to whether a mass grave could have been digged during the ruling of Justice and Development Party (AKP). The photographs are in fact dated 29 September 2007.
It is understood that the soldier who took part to this operation, proudly posted the photos of dead guerrillas on his Facebook account.
Mass graves dating from the 1990s have been on the political agenda now for months after the discovering of remains. The latest mass grave was discovered during restoration works in the former Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti-Terror Unit (JÝTEM) yard.
It has been prove though that torture and violation of guerrillas' bodies is not something confined to the '90s alone.
DIHA News Agency listed some recent events:
* 12 HPG members were killed between 30 June and 1 July 2010. The bodies were beyond recognition because of the burns they carried. Photographs recovered from the mobile phone of a soldier showed the bodies before being burned with other soldiers posing next to them.
* Footages from a mobile phone of a soldier showed bodies of HPG members being dragged and kicked in Þýrnak in 2009.
* The body of Özgür Daðhan (Sipan Aras), one of the five HPG members who lost their life in a gunfight in Tütenli Village of Gümüþhane on 17 June 2010, was said to have been burnt while acid burns were present on the head.
* Serious torture wounds and burns were detected on the bodies of Aydýn Baran (Mazlum Amed), Þehmus Özalp (Cigerxwin Mardin), Bülent Döner (Devrim Sipan) and Emrullah Atalmýþ'ýn (Kendal Kavvar) who were killed in a gunfight in Hassa Town of Hatay on 1 April 2011.
* Serious burns were detected on the bodies of Þehmus Akak (Rizgar Amed), Hakan Gem (Tekoþer Amed), Uður Utanç (Munzur Amed), Rojvan Serhat Baþalak, Ercan Veske (Roni Sozdar), Þerfedin Can (Zerdeþt Çeleng) and Kenan Taþ (Zinar Hakkari) who were killed in a gunfight in Pülümür Town of Dersim on 26 April 2011. It was also observed that their eyes were taken out.
* Serious torture wounds were detected on the bodies of Kenan Topdemir (Cemal), Ali Ekber Soylu and Münir Bilir (Mazlum Guyî) who were killed in Pazarcýk Town of Maraþ, the eyes being taken out.
Despite the evidence of torture, Peace and Democracy Party's (BDP) demand for an investigation submitted at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) has been rejected.
