DILUCAN BOZÎ

Kobanî – On August 28-29, 2021, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces set up an ambush in the Xelîfan region against the PKK members. In the ambush, five PKK members were killed and one wounded member was captured, while two members survived. The KDP forces haven’t given the dead bodies of five PKK members to their families. On October 4, 2021, the Martyrs’ Families Council and mothers started a tent protest at the Semalka border crossing demanding the KDP give their children’s dead bodies give to them. The tent protest was ended on January 23, 2022. The mothers reported that they will hold protests in different places. Newroz Mislim, a member of the Kongra Star Coordination in the Euphrates region, Xezal Şex Mihemed, a member of the Kongra Star in Kobanî, told us that they will support the mothers’ protest that will continue in different places.

“The resistance of mothers will go down in history”

Recalling the tent protest of the mothers to take back their children’s bodies, Newroz Mislim told us that the protest lasted more than 100 days. “The resistance of mothers will go down in history,” she said that the mothers will not take a step back until they take their children’s bodies.

“The Kurdish question must be solved as soon as possible”

Stating that the KDP doesn’t give the bodies because they are afraid, Xezal Şex Mihemed said, “Mothers will not stop until they receive the bodies of their children and will continue to protest the KDP. The KDP's cooperation with the Turkish state causes the fight between siblings. We should unite against dirty plans to put an end to this brutality. If we don’t stand against these plans, we will always be killed. Unity is very important in this process and the Kurdish question must be solved as soon as possible. If it isn’t solved, the mothers will continue to suffer.”