The relatives of the missing people of Turkey, who have been gathering in front of Galatasaray High School every week, are going to march to Ankara from Istanbul to bring their demands to the Turkey Grand National Assembly (TBMM) and to meet the political parties.

There are more than 17.000 missing or killed people by unknown perpetrators in Turkey. The relatives of missing people ask to find and punish perpetrators as well as to learn their loved ones’ faith.

The march to Ankara is going to begin on June 12 from Istanbul. The families are going to stop in Izmit, Yalova, Bursa and Eskisehir where new people are going to join the march. There will be a press conference in front of TBMM when the march arrive in Ankara and meetings with group representatives of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), CHP (Republican People’s Party) and AKP (Justice and Development Party).

A file containing the applications for disappeared people will be presented to the Human Rights Committee of TBMM by the marchers.