Over 20 Kurdish families are holding a sit-in protest outside the HDP headquarter in Turkey’s Diyarbakir since August 22, blaming the party for recruiting their children into the PKK terror group and demanding the immediate release of their children
In an unprecedented situation, middle-aged and old Kurdish men and women are camping outside the main office of the Peoples' Democratic Party in Diyarbakir, one of the most populous cities in Turkey’s southeastern region and an HDP stronghold.
Cur says the PKK "kidnapped" her son Vahid last year and he was just 15 years old. Independent human rights organisations havefor recruiting child soldiers to boost their lower ranks. The rights groups have also reported that PKK particularly targets poor and vulnerable families. "I just want my kid back. It feels like my heart has been torn into pieces," Cur's husband Bedirhan toldThe sit-in started on August 22, when Hacire Akar, one of the Kurdish mothers, stood outside the HDP building, demanding her son Mehmet's release from the PKK stranglehold. In the following days, the protest gained momentum with at least 20 families with similar stories joining Akar.
“You cannot trade your child for anything. Even if they promised to give you all of Diyarbakir, you would not give up your kid,” Sahap said. "For the Kurds, it’s an internal rebellion. Families now openly raise their voice [against the PKK] saying that 'you kidnapped and killed our kids'," Yilmaz, who is also a member of the American-Turkish Business Development Council, toldIn the sit-in, there are also families of soldiers kidnapped by the PKK on various occasions. The Altintas family, which is originally from Sanliurfa's Halfeti district, is one among them.
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