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80,000 Kurds in burial ceremony for
Kurdish civilians killed by Turkish forces
18.11.2005
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Turkey-Kurdistan,
Nov 17 - 80,000 Kurds in the city of Gever (Yuksekova)
in the Hakkari province of northern Kurdistan
(south-western Turkey) joined on Thursday the burial
ceremony of three Kurdish civilians killed by
Turkish security forces in the city of Gever on Nov.
15.
Kurds started to gather in the early hours outside
the 'Haci Ubeyt' mosque of Yuksekova, decorating the
coffins of the martyred civilians with Kurdish
confederation flags and flowers in the colors of
red, green and yellow, representing the Kurdish
nation. Security was upheld by representatives of
different Kurdish NGOs making regular announcements
to the participants to fall for the provocations of
the Turkish army.
Turkish security forces were not deployed to the
ceremony, but three Turkish F-16 fighters flew low
over the gathering disturbing the statements and
announcement made by the organizers. A number of
Turkish Sikorsky and Cobra attack helicopters were
also flying or hovering above the gathering. Kurds
answered by booing or whistling whenever the Turkish
Air Force units flew or hovered over the ceremony.
Slogans such as 'Martyrs are Immortal', 'Long Live
Ocalan', 'This is Gever's Plains, Home of the Apocis
[PKK sympathizers]' and 'Find the Gangs, Settle the
Score', were chanted in Kurdish and Turkish by the
participants who had attended from Colemerg (Hakkari),
Gever (Yuksekova), Shemzinan (Semdinli), Çukurca,
Van, Amed (Diyarbakir), Elih (Batman), Bilis (Bitlis),
Mus and Tatvan.
Statements were made by officials from the Kurdish
DTP party and by other NGOs before the end of the
ceremony.
Schools in Yuksekova, Semdinli and Hakkari were
boycotted by students and shop owners in these
cities had pulled down their shutters in protest of
the attack on Kurdish civilians by Turkish security
forces.
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