What do relatives of the disappeared say about the Kurdish issue?

  • actual
  • 10:34 22 January 2025
  • |
img

AMED - İffet Mutaş and Remziye Bayram, relatives of the disappeared, said that if there is to be a solution in Turkey, the state and the government must take the first step. As relatives of the disappeared, we want the bodies of our relatives.” 

The meeting of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Imrali Delegation with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held under severe isolation for 26 years, on December 28, 2024 continues to set the agenda of the country. Abdullah Öcalan called on all political circles and social segments to take responsibility with the 7-point solution perspective announced to the public. 
 
While discussions on a democratic solution to the Kurdish issue continue, we turned the microphone to the relatives of the disappeared, who have been the most affected by the “security” policies implemented for nearly 50 years and have been struggling for justice since the 90s. 
 
İffet Mutaş, sister of Mehmet Tekdağ who was murdered on February 2, 1993 in Dörtyol neighborhood of Rezan (Bağlar) district of Amed (Diyarbakır) and Ali Tekdağ who was kidnapped on November 13, 1994 in front of Şekerbank in Dağkapı Square (Şêx Sêîd), underlined that the problems must be solved. Demanding that those responsible be punished, İffet Mutaş said, “I don't know what will happen or how, but peace will not come until the problems are solved. As relatives of the disappeared, we want the bodies of our relatives. Ali was my little brother. The cradle I rocked Mehmet in is still in front of my eyes... Mehmet left the house to go to the bakery and was shot in Bağlar Dört Yol. We took him to the airport wounded. Two planes took off while we were there, but they said 'no plane will take off due to fog'. My brother died near the airport. Ali was detained 19 times, arrested on the 20th and sentenced to 8 years in prison. They lost him after he was released from prison.” 
 
İffet Mutaş said that they have not forgotten the pain they were subjected to and added, “Their pain is not forgettable. We still want peace. Let the perpetrators be found, let the disappeared have a grave. A gravestone we can go to like other people. I will continue to fight until the killers are held accountable. We want the blood of young people to be spilled no more. We want peace, but under what conditions is important for us. Let there be negotiations under conditions that everyone will agree to and let peace be achieved.” 
 
'WHAT KIND OF PEACE?'
 
Remziye Bayram asked about the fate of her son Mehmet Şirin Bayram, who went to Bîra Zeyna village in Pasûr (Kulp) district of Amed as a guest on November 2, 1996 and was detained and never heard from again. “What happened to our children?” Remziye Bayram asked, ”I don't know what my son's crime was, I don't know what happened to him. Someone tell me what my son's crime is.” 
 
Remziye Bayram, who closely follows the public debates, said, “We want peace, but we don't believe in the peace of the state that bombs and fights everywhere. When they say peace, they add 'they will surrender'. How can we say 'yes' to such a peace? This kind of peace is meaningless. It says 'peace' here, but on the other hand it attacks Rojava and massacres civilians, journalists and SDF fighters there. It says 'peace', it strikes Rojava. It says 'peace' and strikes Iraq. Then it tells us 'we are brothers'. How can we accept this brotherhood? Who can accept such a peace? As long as it is like this, we will not forgive them.”  
 
Remziye Bayram underlined that the state and the government should take a step first and continued as follows: “If they take one step, we will take 10 steps. Even if we have a drop of blood, we would give it for peace. We would do it so that people would not die and there would be peace. We want real peace as soon as possible, we want no one to die, we want no one to be in prison, we want everyone inside and outside to live in peace.”
 
MA / Şirvan Şilan Çil 

View More Articles

25/04/2025
16:29 Youtube bans 'Kurdish Resurrection' documentary
16:23 IHD 2024 report: At least 7 thousand 431 rights violations in Kurdistan
15:40 One thousand 249 violations in 17 prisons in 3 months
15:17 DBP and DEM Party delegation met with Ilham Ahmad
14:54 Report on 9 prisons: Abolish Administrative and Monitoring Boards
14:39 Baloch protest in 20 cities against torture in prisons
14:21 Call for tomorrow's march of Platform for Combating Drugs
12:26 Kurdish Conference in Qamishlo starts tomorrow
11:51 Families applies to go to İmralı
11:47 We have hope even if it is weak says Sırrı Sureyya Onder's doctor
10:58 Citizens staying outside all night: Gathering areas insufficient, we are not safe
10:10 Successive earthquakes continue in Istanbul
09:47 Abdullah Öcalan's position must be legally secured says lawyer Ozen
09:21 Same question after every earthquake: Are we prepared for earthquakes?
09:18 It's time for Öcalan to be free says socologist Michael Löwy
09:15 My son must be release says mother of ill prisoner Akpinar
08:29 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Kütahya
24/04/2025
16:46 Treatment of ill prisoner Demir prevented
16:09 We were told that steps will be taken regarding isolation says Sezai Temelli
14:56 Call for 'Freedom for ill prisoner Yanik'
14:45 Daughter of ill prisoner Cam: His condition is bad, he must be released urgently
14:44 Statement after meeting: Öcalan's conditions must change without any buts
13:24 Turkish attacks continue despite ceasefire
12:04 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
12:04 Mazloum Abdi and Ilham Ahmad met with Nachirvan Barzani
11:46 Solution lies in Abdullah Öcalan's road map says mother whose son disappeared
11:21 DEM Party and Ministry of Justice meeting starts
11:01 'Execution law should be regulated for ill prisoners'
10:22 9 years undiagnosed prisoner's teeth fall out
09:38 Important meeting in Hewlêr
09:38 Students detained in Ankara release
09:37 Öcalan's proposals are the key to peace and a universal value says Maurizio Acerbo
23/04/2025
13:56 DEM Party delegation to meet Minister Tunc: Which agendas are on the table?
13:46 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Marmara Sea
13:24 Application for release of ill prisoner Cam
09:47 Equal citizenship, freedom of belief and peace demand Alevis
09:21 National Sovereignty and Children's Day in shadow of deaths and violations
09:15 She lost a son, another PKK member: One side peace impossible
22/04/2025
16:41 Condolence for Gulsun Tan
16:34 Onder's treatment on its 7th day: Visits from Bar Association and different circles
14:34 Prisoner Cam sent back to prison after heart attack
14:27 Mazloum Abdi announces date for Kurdish National Conference
13:51 Parties close to reconciliation in Tishreen
13:12 Kurdish Journalists' Day: We are heirs of 127 years of resistance
12:52 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
12:46 Citizens point to Parliament for solution
11:20 Struggle for peace and democracy should not be placed on shoulders of Kurds says Erdogmus
10:47 No release despite Constitutional Court ruling
10:05 Prisoners continue hunger strike against well-type prisons
09:24 6 members of family killed in clashes: If state sincere, it should take steps