Turkish chemical attacks against guerrillas protested at Justice Vigil for ill prisoners in Izmir

The Turkish state's chemical attacks against the guerrillas were protested at the Justice Vigil carried out by the relatives of ill prisoners.

Relatives of ill prisoners have been carrying out a Justice Vigil in Izmir for 131 days. Relatives of the prisoners, who continued their protests in front of the İzmir Courthouse, chanted slogans and demanded the release of ill prisoners and of all prisoners who have completed their sentence.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Aliağa District Organization supported the families on the new day of action.

Prisoner's relative Hanım Sever said: "We do not want the dead come out of prison. There is no democracy or peace in Turkey. Whoever says peace is called a 'terrorist'. However, those who call us terrorists are terrorists. Our children are in prison not because they are doing something, but because they defend their thoughts and language. Enough is enough, they are throwing bombs and poisonous gas at us. We have no patience anymore. We want the isolation in Imrali and the prisons to be lifted."

Medine Kaymaz, another of the relatives of the prisoners who took part in the action, saluted World Kobanê Day and emphasized that it was the resistance that won against ISIS in Kobanê.

Drawing attention to the escalating pressures and arrests by the Turkish state, Kaymaz said: “Why are our journalists inside? Why are you throwing our children inside? Shall we not tell about these crimes? Enough is enough. You tortured and murdered, but enough is enough. If this persecution continues, how will there be peace?”