Details are still not clear regarding the mass murder of dozens by Turkish state forces in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues since 12 December.

HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız who is in Cizre for the last 2 months said they have been informed that some 50 corpses have been taken to Cizre State Hospital during the past 4-5 days.

HDP MP gave the following information about the 27 corpses taken to hospital with municipal ambulances yesterday; “12 of these were sent to Şırnak, 8 to Urfa and 7 others to Mardin. These corpses had been retrieved from the building where the second basement is located, and its surroundings.”

Sarıyıldız said there is still no information available regarding the fate of those trapped in the first basement on Bostan Street of the same Cudi neighborhood, adding; "The state imposes a total blackout on the situation of the slain and wounded people in the first basement. The people there were simply buried alive and we have received no single news from them for 20 days now. It is very clear that the injured people trapped there have been left to die."

Urging the government to explain the aftermath of the people in the basement, Sarıyıldız said; "A major crime against humanity has been committed here. Perpetrators will be brought to account at international courts."

HDP deputy pointed out that bodies retrieved from the second basement were all burnt, while some were both burnt and with many bullet shots, and some others completely fragmented. "This is a total savagery", he underlined.

Sarıyıldız added that it has been days since they last received news from Cizre Peoples’ Assembly Co-Presidents Mehmet Tunç and Asya Yüksel.