Visits to the condolence tent set up in Shengal Mountain in the Serdesht region for Yazidi Society Coordination Member Zeki Şengalî will conclude after dinner today.

The condolence tent set up 5 days ago in Shengal Mountain in the Serdesht region for Yazidi Society Coordination Member Zeki Şengalî will receive the last visitors tonight after dinner.

Following the mass visits today, the tent will be removed. Representatives from various political parties and institutions from Shengal, Ninova and other provinces are expected to visit, as well as locals.

Mala Êzidiyan members from Rojava’s Amudê province will also visit the condolence tent set up for Mam Zeki.

Condolence visits will be received throughout the day, and later a message will be read out loud for Mam Zeki.

MESSAGE FROM MAM ZEKI’S FAMILY

Zeki Şengali’s brother Süleyman Özden gave a short speech before leaving Shengal and said: “My request from the Yazidi people is that they don’t forget Mam Zeki’s words and continue with their work. This condolence tent should be the tent of our alliance. If we don’t form our alliance, we will continue to be targeted by enemy attacks. I thank you all once again and commend your efforts.”

Zeki Şengali’s wife Gulê Özden spoke afterwards and said: “You are all our mothers and fathers. I celebrate Zeki’s martyrdom for all of you. Falling martyr has great significance in Êzidxan. We may be a small family, but we as the Yazidi society are a great big family. Zeki wasn’t just ours, he was the Mam Zeki of Êzidxan and all Yazidis.”

Zeki Şengali’s son Edib Özden said the Yazidi society gives them strength and added: “Yes my father was martyred. But I can’t say my wings are broken, I know that the Yazidi society is behind me. With my father’s martyrdom, our heads are held up high. Because my father fought for a people who were subjected to massacres for centuries. If we don’t defend ourselves, nobody else will. As the Yazidi people, we must rise up and raise our will up higher.”