Saturday Mothers once again ask for fate of their loved ones
Saturday Mothers once again ask for fate of their loved ones
Sit-in protests by families of the disappeared peoples of Turkey were once again held in Istanbul, Diyarbakýr, Batman and the Nusaybin Town of Mardin today. Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Ahmet Türk said in the action in Diyarbakýr, "The policies of denial, assimilation and oppression will not bring a solution. Let us show an effort for a future where both Turks and Kurds will be free."
The 159th sit-in in Diyarbakýr was dedicated to Ahmet Tekin who was taken into custody by soldiers in the Sarnýð Village in May 1994. Human Rights Association (ÝHD) Diyarbakýr Secretary Raci Bilici said, "Ahmet Tekin's brother Bedri claims that Ahmet was seen in the Lice Gendarmerie Command by witnesses including his mother. Ahmet's mother saw him blindfolded when he was being taken into interrogation. She was also beaten when she cried and screamed. But the family's efforts to find Ahmet produced no results. They have never heard from him again."
Saturday Mothers asked to know the fate of Cüneyt Aydýnlar and Maksut Tepeli during their 361st sit-in for the disappeared in Istanbul. Referring to the mass graves being opened in Dargeçit and calling upon the authorities, Tepeli's widow Þehriban Tepeli said, "You are afraid of these bones. Because when we have the bones, they will tell us how they were murdered." Cüneyt Aydýnlar's brother Recep Aydýnlar criticized the prime minister because of his indifference to the cases of missing persons.
ÝHD Batman Branch executives, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) executives, Batman City Council members and the Mothers for Peace Initiative attended the sit-in in Batman. ÝHD Batman Chair Osman Künteþ said the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Leader Abdullah Öcalan must be ended.
Abdulkadir Tokay who disappeared at the age of 17 was commemorated in the sit-in in Nusaybin. Tokay's mother Sakine Tokay said, "My son forcibly disappeared at the age of 17 in Diyarbakýr when he was still a high school student. All I want is to know where my son is. Even learning where his bones are will be a consolation for me."
The 159th sit-in in Diyarbakýr was dedicated to Ahmet Tekin who was taken into custody by soldiers in the Sarnýð Village in May 1994. Human Rights Association (ÝHD) Diyarbakýr Secretary Raci Bilici said, "Ahmet Tekin's brother Bedri claims that Ahmet was seen in the Lice Gendarmerie Command by witnesses including his mother. Ahmet's mother saw him blindfolded when he was being taken into interrogation. She was also beaten when she cried and screamed. But the family's efforts to find Ahmet produced no results. They have never heard from him again."
Saturday Mothers asked to know the fate of Cüneyt Aydýnlar and Maksut Tepeli during their 361st sit-in for the disappeared in Istanbul. Referring to the mass graves being opened in Dargeçit and calling upon the authorities, Tepeli's widow Þehriban Tepeli said, "You are afraid of these bones. Because when we have the bones, they will tell us how they were murdered." Cüneyt Aydýnlar's brother Recep Aydýnlar criticized the prime minister because of his indifference to the cases of missing persons.
ÝHD Batman Branch executives, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) executives, Batman City Council members and the Mothers for Peace Initiative attended the sit-in in Batman. ÝHD Batman Chair Osman Künteþ said the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Leader Abdullah Öcalan must be ended.
Abdulkadir Tokay who disappeared at the age of 17 was commemorated in the sit-in in Nusaybin. Tokay's mother Sakine Tokay said, "My son forcibly disappeared at the age of 17 in Diyarbakýr when he was still a high school student. All I want is to know where my son is. Even learning where his bones are will be a consolation for me."
