YPS member martyred in Şırnak laid to rest in Van after two years
Body of YPS member Yüksel Abukan who fell a martyr during the self-governance resistance in Şırnak province, has been received by family and buried in Van after two years.
Body of YPS (Civilian Defense Units) member Yüksel Abukan, nom de guerre Dilsoz Tolhildan, who fell a martyr during the self-governance resistance in Şırnak province, has been received by his family after the announcement of matching of blood and tissue samples they had given one and a half years ago.
Abukan’s body was exhumed from the Cemetery of the Nameless in Şırnak and brought to Van province.
The YPS member was then laid to rest in the cemetery of Süphan neighborhood Wednesday morning amid a siege by Turkish military forces.
