Şenyaşar family takes their fight for justice in front of Parliament

Emine Şenyaşar and her son, DEM Party MP Ferit Şenyaşar, whose family members were murdered in Suruç in 2018, brought their search for justice in front of the Parliament.

On 14 June 2018, the bodyguards and relatives of AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız attacked the Şenyaşar family's shop in Suruç during the election campaign.

In the attack, brothers Celal, Adil, Mehmet, Fadıl and Ferit Şenyaşar were severely injured and hospitalized. Relatives and supporters of AKP MP Yıldız killed Celal and Adil Şenyaşar in hospital, and their father Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar, when he went to the hospital to see his sons. He was brutally murdered, being lynched in front of his wife, Emine Şenyaşar.

Emine Şenyaşar took her protest in front of the Parliament throughout the night and on the second day, the protest continued on the stairs in front of the Şeref Gate.

Although parliament security officers tried to prevent the protest, the Şenyaşar family repeated their demand for justice by saying: "Those who committed the massacre are outside. Why is my brother in prison?"

Ferit Şenyaşar, reminding that the motions they submitted to the Parliament for an investigation into the massacre were rejected by AKP-MHP votes, said: "We want the Parliament to end this injustice." 

The Şenyaşar family stated that they will continue their actions in the Parliament 24 hours a day until their demands are met.