DİYARBAKIR - Stating that the fact that the government is sending the bodies of the HPG members in a box from the post office is a continuation of the policy of hostility against Kurds, MEBYA-DER Co-chair Şeyhmus Karadağ said: "We should not remain silence in the face of this fact." 

 

The body of Agit İpek, an HPG member who lost his life in a clash on May 23, 2017 on Xelasor Hill in the center of Dersim was sent to his family in a container box via Post Office Department (PTT) on April 10, 2020. Now, again the body of HPG member Mahsum Aslan's body was sent to his family in a container via PTT. Aslan lost his life as a result of the bombarnment of the Turkish Armed Forces. 

 

Protesting the fact that the bodies of those who lost their lives are sent to their families in boxes, MEBYA-DER Co-chair Şeyhmus Karadağ said it was a continuation of the policy of hostility against Kurds.

 

FAMILY WAS THREATENED

 

Expressing that they visited the family as MEBYA-DER to share the painful incident that the Aslan family went through, Karadağ said that the family was threatened by the police not to tell anyone about the cargo. Underlining that the remains of the people are subjected to hostility in very barbaric manners, their grave stones are demolished, their bodies are sent in boxes and such, Karadağ said it was a state policy. Karadağ said: "By sending the bodies in boxes, they are undermining the suffering of the families and their values. This is not acceptable. Everyone must stand against these practices."

 

Reminding that 27 bodies were exhumed from  the Garzan Cemetery in Bitlis and they were buried underneath a pavement in Kilyos Cemetery in İstanbul, Karadağ said sending the bodies via cargo is a continuation of the same mentality.

 

'WE MUST STAND AGAINST IT'

 

Stressing that even the governments changed in time, this attitude towards the Kurds have never changed, Karadağ said: "They kill these young men and women and send their bones to their parents in a box. When a body is committed to the ground, it owns that piece of land. These kids gave their lives for these lands. We have to stand against these practices."

 

CALL TO THE FAMILIES

 

Stating that the reactions to the sending of the bodies by cargo were insufficient, Karadağ said, “We must do more, we must do whatever we can. We will do whatever is legally required. Families should not hesitate to apply to us. We can not remain silent in the face of these events."