Musa Anter commemorated in 27th year of his murder

  • actual
  • 10:34 21 September 2019
  • |
img

MARDİN - It has been 27 years since Kurdish journalist and writer Musa Anter was murdered in Diyarbakır. Anter has been commemorated by journalists, politicians and his loved ones on the street where he was shot to death.

Kurdish journalist and writer Musa Anter, widely known as Apê Musa, was commemorated on the spot where he was murdered in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır 27 years ago today (September 20).
 
The commemoration ceremony held in front of Musa Anter Monument was attended by several people including journalists and politicians.
 
The ceremony was organized by the Free Journalists Initiative (OGİ). The ones who attended the commemoration carried the photographs of Anter as well as other murdered Kurdish journalists in their hands.
 
Police officers announced that they would not let the people carry the photos of other killed Kurdish journalists; however, the police permitted the photos upon the insistence of journalists.
 
Boltan: His voice has come to these days
Making a brief statement on behalf of the ÖGİ, Spokesperson Hakkı Boltan reiterated that more than 100 journalists including Musa Anter were massacred and added, "The murderers of several of them have been still unknown. There is a highly planned attack against free press from past to present. These attacks are increasing day by day."
 
"The ones who massacred Apê Musa aimed to kill his struggle as well. They thought that they could silence him by killing him. However, when they massacred Apê Musa, we saw that they could not bury his struggle and that of the free press. The voice that he raised in those years has come to these days. This voice has also risen for free press in the world, in Kurdistan."
 
Mızraklı: I was unlucky, I met them late
Indicating that he found the opportunity to öeet Musa Anter and Vedat Aydın at the General Assembly of Human Rights Association (İHD) in 1990, dismissed Metropolitan Mayor of Diyarbakır Selçuk Mızraklı said, "I met them late, I was unlucky for that reason. I wish I could still benefit more from the values, the words, the language that they left behind."
 
Ceylan: They will not get away with it
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır Provincial Co-Chair Zeyyat Ceylan indicated that Musa Anter was a philosopher of Kurds and added that dark forces have massacred the philosopher of peace and freedom.
 
"They have massacred him, but his hundreds of friends are following his footsteps and continue struggling. Those who did it thought that they would get away with that. But, no, they will not get away with it, they will be condemned in people's conscience", Ceylan stated further.
 
Group set off for Mardin to visit his grave
After the speeches, the ones who attended the commemoration walked to the point where Anter was shot to death by chanting the slogan "Free press cannot be silenced". Laying carnations there, they also observed a moment of silence. Anter will also be commemorated at his grave in Mardin.

View More Articles

25/05/2020
18:14 Call for the lawyers on death fast
17:10 Apê Musa is 100 years-old!
16:46 Artist Erkan Benli tells his struggle in Nusaybin and his artworks in prison
15:40 'The place where the cruelty hits the top'
15:03 After 13 years Israeli plane landed in İstanbul
14:46 Sick prisoners are left to die
13:53 They destroyed graves, left hanging Turkish flags behind
24/05/2020
14:36 3 year old Dilgeş sent to prison with his mother
11:41 Caliph Hafter: Anyone who sets foot in Libya is our target
11:20 Aydeniz: They are afraid of the struggle network of women
10:29 Joint struggle move from HDP
10:13 İmam Kaplan: They say 'The best Kurd is the one without a grave'
08:17 32 people die of coronavirus in the last 24 hours
08:16 12 women activists remanded under custody
08:09 71 women groups express solidarity with Rosa Women's Association
08:05 Journalist Doğru remanded under custody
03:07 Court released 4 of the 18 women on bail
23/05/2020
15:43 Indictment prepared after almost 2 years
14:36 Women protest detentions: Freedoms are being violated
13:04 PACE: Stop attacking journalists!
12:18 ÖHD demands investigation on remains buried on sidewalk in Kilyos
11:12 Gergerlioğlu: Attack continued in the absence of the cameras
10:44 İHD: Those responsible for the death of Kaya must be investigated
10:21 State of Emergency in prison while no precautions taken
10:00 Women band together: We won't allow the abuse amnesty
07:47 Number of lives coronavirus claim increases to 4 thousand 276
22/05/2020
16:52 Third attack against cemetery in Lice
16:51 New application from the families and lawyers of Öcalan
14:35 Kaya's body not delivered to the family due to suspected coronavirus
12:49 Police raid on Rosa Women Association
11:20 Police operation against Kurdish politicians: Scores under custody
09:45 Turkey’s Central Bank cuts policy interest rate for the ninth time in a row
09:43 Sick prisoner Kaya died the day he was released
09:25 31 summaries of proceedings issued for 19 HDP MPs
09:24 Life loss in Turkey increases to 4 thousand 249
09:24 Police intervention against HDP members: Gergerlioğlu and Parlak battered
21/05/2020
16:22 HDK issues a statement on the 1864 Circassian Genocide
15:21 Simultaneous call for prisoners in İstanbul
13:44 2016 reminder to the 'Amnesty through marriage' regulation
12:57 Iraqi Intelligence Service: We arrested the heir of Baghdadi
12:56 ÖHD members carry out investigation in Kilyos Cemetery
12:56 Co-Mayor Çelik: The municipality they usurped consists merely of a chair and a building
11:37 Justice Watch of Suruç Families on 58th month
11:37 Images of people being buried under sidewalk obtained
11:36 HDP warns rangers about destruction of environment
09:22 Coronavirus claims 23 more lives
09:20 Continuation of detention for Yüksekdağ
09:19 HDP calls on Russia and Turkey to recognize Circassian genocide
20/05/2020
16:32 Petition for lawyers Timtik and Ünsal, who are on death fast
16:32 4 kurdish politicans who were sentenced to 25 years are released