Fate of missing persons asks in four cities

  • actual
  • 14:33 7 December 2024
  • |
img

NEWS CENTRE - The fate of Ender Toğcu, Nazım Gülmez and Hasan Taşkaya, who were disappeared in detention, was asked during the protests organised by the relatives of the disappeared and IHD in Amed, Êlih and Izmir. In Colemêrg, they demanded the prosecution of the perpetrators of Hasan Ateş, who was tortured to death under custody.

Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed (Diyarbakır), Êlih (Batman), Colemêrg (Hakkari) and Izmir branches and relatives of the disappeared continued their protests with the slogan "Let the disappeared be found and their perpetrators be tried".
 
AMED
 
In this week's demonstration, the story of Ender Toğcu, who was not heard from after he went to the hospital as a companion for his wife in Tetwan (Tatvan) district of Bedlîs (Bitlis) on 29 November 1994, was read.
 
Ender Toğcu went missing on 29 November 1994. In the evening of the same day, police officers raided his family's house, beat Ender Toğcu's father and brother, and left, saying that Ender Toğcu was with them and that they would return him dead in three days. Afterwards, plainclothes police officers detained Ender Toğcu's older brother and tortured him for three days, asking him where his brother was. The older brother Ali Toğcu said that he heard his brother Ender Toğcu's screams while he was in custody.
 
The father, Hüseyin Toğcu, applied to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of the State Security Court every month after his son's disappearance, but he was given answers that his son had not been detained and that there was no record of his detention. Again, his brother applied verbally to the Çarşı Police Station. However, despite all attempts and the passage of 30 years, there has been no news about the fate of Ender Toğcu.
 
ÊLIH
 
In this week's demonstration, the fate of Nazım Gülmez, who was detained by soldiers in Taştêk village of Xozat (Hozat) district of Dêrsim province on 15 October 1994 and was never heard from again, was asked.
 
On 13 October 1994, soldiers from Bolu Commando Brigade raided the village during a military operation in Ali Boğazı region. The village headman and a villager were detained by the soldiers. The villagers were released in the evening. Two days after this raid, the same soldiers came to the village again at noon on 15 October, searched the village and then set fire to the houses and burnt them down. Soldiers participating in the operation took Nazım Gülmez, a married man and father of 9 children, from his house to guide them in the field. Nazım Gülmez was forcibly taken away by the soldiers in front of the village headman and all the villagers. No news was heard from him after that day.
 
One month after the incident, Gülmez's wife Garip Gülmez asked the major in Xozat about the fate of her husband. The major gave her the following reply: 'We released them after holding them for a while, now we are looking for him'. Garip Gülmez applied to the Hozat Prosecutor's Office. As a result of this application, the Hozat Prosecutor's Office issued a decision of non-jurisdiction. Upon the decision of non-jurisdiction, the Gülmez family applied to the Elazığ Military Prosecutor's Office. Unable to finalise the file, the Elazığ Military Prosecutor's Office informed the family that the file had been sent to the Malatya State Security Court Prosecutor's Office. The Malatya Prosecutor's Office sent the file back to the Hozat Public Prosecutor's Office on the grounds that it did not have jurisdiction over the case. The family took the case to the ECHR through their lawyers on 26 March 2016. The ECHR declared the application inadmissible on the grounds that the 6-month time limit had not been met.
 
COLEMÊRG
 
This week's demonstration was organised for Hasan Ateş, who was murdered in Marufan village in Çelê (Çukurca) district of Çelê (Çukurca) in Colemêrg province in 1994, after being detained by soldiers in a raid on his house when he refused to accept the imposition of being a spy.
 
In May 1994, an operation was carried out in Hasan Ateş's village when he was only 3 months married. While the villagers gathered in the village square, Hasan Ateş and some other villagers were tortured and forced barefoot into a military vehicle. Hasan Ateş and his neighbours were tortured in the vehicle for a while and then detained in front of all the people and their relatives. Although the family members immediately applied to the Çukurca district gendarmerie station to ask about the fate of the detainees, they received the answer 'no such operation was carried out'.
 
After a while, two lifeless male bodies were found in an area close to the Serê Sêvê Police Station in Çelê, covered with stones. Hasan Ateş and Bedel Özkan had been severely tortured. There were signs of electric current on their ankles and wrists. Their lifeless bodies were taken to their villages and buried. Hasan Ateş's family immediately applied to the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor. Although there were witness statements that Hasan Ateş was detained in front of all villagers, the detention was denied.
 
IZMIR
 
In this week's demonstration, the fate of Hüseyin Taşkaya, who was detained and disappeared on 6 December 1993, was demanded.
 
Hüseyin Taşkaya was detained by soldiers, police and village guards from the Bucak tribe on 6 December 1993 from his uncle's house in Siverek Bağlar neighbourhood. Siverek Gendarmerie Station Commander First Lieutenant Ahmet Şentürk commanded the convoy of 30 vehicles that carried out the detention. The family applied to the gendarmerie, the police, the prosecutor's office and the governorship to ask for Hüseyin Taşkaya. Military officials said that Taşkaya had been taken away by the police shortly after his detention. The police said 'we don't have him, ask Sedat Bucak'. Sedat Bucak, a True Path Part (DYP) deputy, tribal chief and head of the village guards, said: 'Our team took him but handed him over to the state; after that we don't know anything about it, the state knows'. Siverek Chief Public Prosecutor's Office considered the detention of Hüseyin Taşkaya as an abstract allegation of the family and issued a 'non-prosecution decision' on the grounds that there was no grounds for prosecution. All the family's applications remained inconclusive. Hüseyin Taşkaya was not heard from again.
 
Despite all the applications of the family, the fate of Hüseyin Taşkaya has not been announced.
 

View More Articles

23/02/2025
10:58 Turkish attacks left more than 41 thousand people without water
10:45 Reaction to silence against murder of journalists
10:22 No perpetrators for 33 years
09:18 'Legislation' mentioned by minister does not work in İmralı
21/02/2025
09:30 Governorate's protest ban cancelled after 2 years!
09:29 Lawsuit against trustee protest
09:29 Loss of vision due to police violence
09:28 They talk about peace but increase pressure in prisons says prisoner Sayak
20/02/2025
16:59 OHD member Sarsılmaz releases
15:48 'Abdullah Öcalan has perspective will change balance'
15:13 Enze Tuneli, 92, has been looking for her son for 31 years
14:08 'Egid Roj targeted for documenting massacre'
13:40 Operation against HDK: File changed with change of prosecutor
12:44 'It is the language that makes a people, Kurdish must be official language'
12:31 Lawyers applies to meet Abdullah Öcalan
11:45 Village banned for 35 years: We are waiting for Abdullah Öcalan's call
10:59 Eyes and ears of Federated Kurdistan Region on İmralı
10:16 TV channel deemed 'terror propaganda', coffee house sealed
09:19 We convey messages to Ocalan says Sırrı Süreyya Önder
08:59 Youth resistance against trustee continues
19/02/2025
13:52 Amediye countryside bombed
13:29 Meetings of İmralı Delegation in Federated Kurdistan Region end
13:22 Disciplinary proceedings against prisoners refuse handcuffed examination
12:15 Demand of the Kurds and their friends is clear: Abdullah Öcalan must be free
12:08 Turkey's biggest crime against Kurds is displacement says Ezio Menzione
10:47 İmralı Delegation and Masrour Barzani meeting ends
09:37 İmralı Delegation and Masrour Barzani meeting starts
18/02/2025
16:54 PUK: Only way to a solution is dialogue
16:47 Öcalan's call will be the 'road map' for process says Bakirhan
16:12 İmralı Delegation: Kurdish actors agrees solution will be led by Öcalan
15:40 Torture at trustee protest: Police broke his shoulders and fingers
15:24 'Send money to prisoners' campaign continues
14:59 Lawyers applies to meet Abdullah Öcalan
14:36 Time offers favourable conditions for Kurdish-Turkish alliance says Mumtaz'er Turkone
12:39 They set out four cities to Tishreen Dam
12:38 229 Iranian lawyers call for 3 women prisoners
10:16 Iran already on the brink of collapse says Jino Doabi
10:11 Imrali delegation and Bafel Talabani meeting starts
09:14 'For process to move forward, isolation must be lifted'
08:53 Operation against HDK and journalists: At least 52 detained
17/02/2025
17:11 'Letter from Öcalan to Qandil, North and East Syria and Europe'
17:10 Öcalan is the historical opportunity says Cigdem Kilicgun Ucar
15:32 Tatwan Co-mayor Erol detained
15:09 Democracy and justice must first be established says Sebnem Korur Fincanci
14:54 No electricity supply to 60 villages due to attacks
14:24 Process is important and historical opportunity says Nechirvan Barzani
13:58 Nechirvan Barzani calls Ahmet Turk
13:18 İmralı Delegation: Talks are important for future of Middle East
12:17 İmralı Delegation: Nechirvan Barzani announces support for development of solution
11:57 We apply for İmralı says Akın Birdal