the mass grave in Çemişgezek/Dersim where Ali Yıldız is said to have been buried after losing his life in a clash in 1997 will be opened on Friday, it has been revealed.
Today a one-day hunger strike was announced in Ankara, while in Dersim the brother of Ali Yıldız, Hüsnü Yıldız is on his 57th day of the indefinite hunger strike he has undertaken to demand the opening of the mass grave where his brother is buried.
Dersim political parties, Bar Association and NGOs’ have applied to the Çemizgezek Public Prosecutor to obtain permission to open a mass grave where 19 PKK members are thought to have been buried together in Çemişgezek following an armed clash on April 1, 1997.
Dersim Bar Association Chair Fatma Kalsen underlined the many allegations about mass graves in Dersim which are still waiting to be answered to and condemned the government for not trying to reveal the truths.
“We have never accepted “no” as an answer since we have learned that our children were lying there. We, as all families of 19 PKK members, are asking a grave stone for each one of them. We will not quit fighting for it,” added Kalsen.
The Malatya Special Authorized Public Prosecutor rejected a previous petition by the families of the victims. Interestingly, the prosecutor did not deny the mass grave’s existence when deciding not to open an investigation about it.
Today it has been revealed that finally the mass grave will be opened on Friday.
source: http://en.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=article&nuceID=2843
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