Seriously ill prisoner Nevzat Çapkın was released from Trabzon Beşikdüzü T Type Closed Prison about 8 months ago. He died in a hospital in Amed, where he was treated for cancer.

After being washed in Yeniköy Cemetery, Çapkın's body was set off to be buried in Silvan's Hacireş district.

Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Berdan Öztürk, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Keskin Bayındır, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) provincial and district administrators, MEBYA-DER and TUAY-DER executives and thousands of citizens attended the funeral.

DTK co-chair Berdan Öztürk said that Çapkın has dedicated his life to the freedom of the Kurdish people and added: "Our pain is great, but we feel proud. Nevzat's struggle and life have been left to us. This is a great honor for us. Comrade Nevzat did not stay in prison for 29 years for himself, every day was for the freedom of these people and he sacrificed his life for it."