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The
Public Prosecutor of Bitlis Yavuz Temizel, who
launched the preliminary investigation regarding the
mass grave of PKK's guerillas in rural area of
Kender, Tatvan, Bitlis, alleged that what has been
talked about was mere rumour and that there was no
need to hold an inqiry.
Zeki Yuksel, Van chairman of the Human Rights
Association has filed an appeal to the Aggravated
Felony Court of Muş by stating Prosecutor Temizel
has considered only the minutes of the security
officials as evidence.
After the claim that 34 PKK's guerillas lost their
lives in an armed conflict happening between the PKK
and Turkish Armed Forces in Kender in 1995, they
were buried in two mass graves was released in daily
Ülkede Özgür Gündem, Van Chairman of the IHD applied
to the public prosecutor's office of Bitlis, on
Aug.8, 2004. By indicating that one of the bodies
may belong to Mehmet Sabri Avras, the brother of his
clients Husniye Avras and Nazime Avras, Yuksel
demanded DNA tests be carried out and the corpse be
handed over to his clients.
Because the venue was insecure, autopsy has not
been held!
The prosecutor considered Avras's application after
the assertions that the guerillas were captured by
militaries and executed by shooting were published
in the daily. He had an examination and
investigation conducted in two distinct regions
between Kokarsu village and Kenco Hill nearby Sutlu
Mezra, Bitlis on Oct.15, 2004. It was stated as a
result of search by the prosecutor's office that two
militaries of the TSK named Nuri Guzelsoy and Omer
Öncü were wounded in the clashed happening on Jun.2,
1995, there are 14 bodies of guerillas, 2 of whom
are women, nearby Kenco Hill, Kokarsu Village,
Bitlis and there are 13 more including 3 women
between Sutlu Mezra and Kenco Hill. It was also
indicated that since the venue is not ''secure'',
the autopsy was not carried out and the funerals
were abandoned to the incident place.The 3 June 1995
records by security officials says that 1 Kanas
rifle, 7 Kalashnikovs and a number of bullets were
captured. After the preliminary investigation, bone
pieces, clothes and shells found were sent to
Istanbul Medical Jurisprudence Institution and DNA
tests were requested to be done.
Minutes by security forces was regarded as the
ground-
Giving prosecution to the superior judicial
authority, the public prosecutor's office of Van,
Yavuz Temizel reported that the complainants'
demands for whether the funerals belong to their
families be fixed and handed over to them, if so
would be able to be concluded by the superior
judicial power. He also defended that the minutes by
security officials were valid until the contrary is
proved, the news which brought the mass grave
assertion consisted of buzzes and there was no
enough evidence to litigate a public lawsuit "When
the date and the intensity of terrorist activities
in accordance with the region taken into account, it
has been understood that not to be able to hold a
post mortal does not result from the motive to
conceal the crime or to neglect autopsy
transactions, which was confirmed at the time of
examination and investigation on the spot, too. It
has been decided that it is not necessary to conduct
an inquiry, on behalf of the public, into the
security officials who are accused and took part in
the 02 June 1995 clash, occurring in the area cited,
because of the reasons stated" said Temizel on his
prosecution decree.
Objection to prosecution
Zeki Yuksel, appealing to the Aggravated Felony
Court of Muş after Temizel's prosecution, said: "The
information and witnessing of the residents in
Karuka village have not been considered in the
preliminary investigation, so the prosecution
decree, the date of which was given and which has
been decided before all the evidence was collected,
is contrary to the law and procedure. In addition,
the news story sets forth that the villagers have
buried the corpses in the ground. The dwellers'
information and witnessing is highly crucial to
lighten the case. The documents playing a key role
in prosecution consist of those which are arranged
by security officials. In terms of the Law of
Criminal Procedure, the incident must have been
examined in detail and the judgment must have been
made after the fixation of the proofs."
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Women
from Siirt held sit-down strike for Ocalan, wearing
black bands
The women from Siirt aiming to protest the day when
Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan was brought
to Turkey have made a sit-down strike, putting on
black dresses and closing their mouths with dark
bands.
Nearly 100 women of the Siirt Woman's Initiative
gathered together in front of the Siirt of the
Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) and have started
marching to city center, carrying mottos written
''Freedom to Ocalan", "Hell, the 15 February
complot", "May a dialog be established with Ocalan",
"Women won't allow the war", "End to insulation,
liberty to Ocalan", "May pens be given to children,
but May they not be shot dead" and chanted slogans
"Live long Leader Apo", "Resign Erdogan, Chancellor
Ocalan", "The envoy of peace is on Imrali", "Hey
Leader, we are in favour of you with our blood and
souls", "May the hand extending to Ugur be broken",
"May Ugurs do not die" and "Hell the AKP".
'You cannot have us forgotten Ocalan'
Hatice Kırşan who made a declaration in the name of
the group, terminating the action in front of the
Özbel Block of Offices, said:" It is the 6th year
since Ocalan was brought to Turkey, but dissolution
in stead of solution has been lasted every day. The
15 February complot is trying to be had forgotten.
Ocalan is our envoy for peace and solution. You
cannot have us forgotten Ocalan"
Making a 15-minute sit-down strike, the woman
marched to Çakmak District by applausing and
chanting slogans and scattered eventless after the
half an hour- lasting march.
Prohibition on press taking pictures
The police of Siirt Security Directorate taking
intensive security measures displayed the
demonstrators with 6 cameras; hinder the reporters
from taking visions. That plain- clothes men
displayed DIHA's reported caused the other
correspondent to react to police. Thanks to the
public's reaction police, newspaper photographers
were allowed to take pictures and visions.
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