'Every human being dies once, Kurds are killed twice'

2019-12-17 11:58:45


	BİTLİS - Berkize Yıldırım, mother of Behzat Yıldırım whose body was buried in Hizan's Kayadiller village after being exhumed and abducted from Garzan Cemetery, said: "Every human dies once but people like my son are killed twice because they are Kurdish. They ripped our hearts out one more time."

	       

	One of the 10 people who were exhumed from the Garzan Cemetery in 2017 and brought to İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institude (ATK) and was buried in the cemetery of the nameless in İstanbul, Kilyos was Behzat Yıldırım. Yıldırım, one of the 267 bodies brought to İstanbul was finally buried in his village Hizan, Kayadiller on December 14. Yıldırım's family had to migrate to istanbul when Behzat Yıldırım was only 3 months old. Yıldırım who witnessed the pressures against the Kurdish, joined PKK at a very young age. Yıldırım who went to Kobané when ISIS attacked was injured at the attack and brought to Suruç Hospital in Urfa, lost his life at the hospital.

	 

	'I LOOKED AT HIS BONES FOR A LONG TIME'

	 

	Mother Berkize Yıldırım who were finally able to get to her son's bones that were brought in a plastic box, told about what she had been through. Mother Yıldırım who stated that they had to migrate to İstanbul because their village was burnt down, said her son had been arrested and held in Silivri Prison for 8 months just because he visited Şırnak. Mother Yıldırım said: "I  wasn't able to make a contact visit once in the 8 months he was in prison. I always saw him behind glass. He was always getting sick because of the prison conditions and I used to cry when I saw him. He used to waved his handkerchief and said 'Mother please don't cry. I can't reach you. Wipe away your tears. I will come back to you.' He used to wipe the glass between us and pretend to wipe away my tears. He left 10 days after he was released. He was injured in Kobané when he was 18 and brought to Suruç Hospital. He lost his life because the doctors didn't treat him.  When I looked at my son, his blood was dry on his face. I took a long look at his face back then. This time I looked at his bones for a long time."

	 

	Mother Yıldırım who told that they acted the minute they heard that there was an attack against the Garzan Cemetery, said: "The bodies were put in body bags and left waiting in a basement in Bitlis. When we went there they told us to go to İstanbul. When we go to İstanbul they talled us to go to Urfa. They stalled us. Then finally they told us that we could claim our children's bodies in a week. I had a grave done in Kolludere village next to Ahmet Döner's grave. That grave was empty for 3 years. They told us that we would be able to claim the bones of our children in a week. That week turned to months. Months turned to years. Those graves stayed empty for 3 years. When Garzan's cemetery was pillaged, they buried their bodies in a basement in Bitlis. Then he was sent to Istanbul Forensic Medicine and held for a year. They took them to the Kilyos Cemetery at last in plastic boxes. When we received the bodies, the boxes were filled with water and put on top of each other. It was officially a shame.."

	 

	'EVEN THEIR BONES WERE TORTURED'

	 

	Mother Yıldırım who stated that the bodies of their children were stolen from them 3 times, said: "They didn't even let us bury our children side by side. I buried my son twice! I will organize a wake when I go to İstanbul for the second time. What do you call this if not torture? They killed a dead person for the second time. Every human dies once. But people like my son are killed twice because they are Kurdish. They ripped our hearts our for the second time. What harm can the dead do to anyone? They could not even tolarate their bones. I don't have the words to tell how I feel. We buried our children at 4 in the morning with the light of our phones."

	 

	CALL TO THE FAMILIES

	 

	Noting that the other bodies are still in İstanbul, Yıldırım made a call to the families and said: " They should claim the bodies of their children. The bones are in plastic boxes filled with water rotting away. Their families must go and claim them. I was able to take my child back but my conscience is still not clear. We must not let them stay there and get lost."