Paris martyr Mîr Perwer laid to rest in Muş under military blockade
Only family members were allowed to attend the burial of Paris martyr Mîr Perwer under police and military blockade in Muş province.
Evîn Goyî, whose real name was Emine Kara and who was an executive council member of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union), Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer (Mehmet Şirin Aydın) and long-time activist Abdurrahman Kızıl were shot dead in an attack on Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre in Paris on 23 December. The funeral service for Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl took place in the Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel on Tuesday, and the martyrs were sent off to their hometowns in Kurdistan for burial; Mîr Perwer in Muş, Abdurrahman Kızıl in Kars and Evîn Goyî in Qandil.
The body of young Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer was transferred to his hometown, the province of Muş in northern Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey) on Thursday.
BODY ABDUCTED BY THE POLICE
The Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Berdan Öztürk, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies and Mîr Perwer’s family received the body at Muş Airport and left for the village of Ewran (Yeşilova) for burial. Already deployed at the airport, the police took the body away, taking another road leading to the village. While this road was then blocked by soldiers, the crowd was stopped at the entrance of the village by the gendarmerie (military police).
CROWD ATTACKED WITH TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNON
The blocked mourners at the entrance to Ewran were attacked by the police with tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons. The angry crowd responded by throwing stones at the police vehicles. Dozens of people were taken into custody and many were tear-gassed in the face. Hundreds more people tried to reach the village on foot via another route. The situation around Ewran remains tense.
HDP MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit was among those who were not allowed into the village by the gendarmerie. While she tried to reach the village walking on foot, she was blocked again near the village and prevented from going ahead.
BURIAL UNDER BLOCKADE
After the arrival of the body at the village, only family members were allowed to attend the burial, which took place under police and military blockade.
