AKP (Justice and Development Party) members at the provincial council of Van (Wan) province have issued an order for the demolition of the monumental tomb which has recently been constructed and named after Ronahi, the code name of PKK guerrilla of German origins, national human rights activist and sociologist Andrea Wolf, who was among the PKK militants buried in the mass grave discovered by IHD (Human Rights Association) personnel in the spring of 2011.

The monumental tomb in the village of Andiçen (Kelahêrê) in Van's Çatak district has been constructed for 41 PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party) militants who were murdered and buried there by the Turkish army in a massacre on 23rd October 1998.

The AKP members at the provincial council of Van issued the order after evaluating Çatak district governor's demand for the demolition of the monumental tomb.

Responding to the decision for the demolition, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Van deputy co-chair Azim Yacan said that the AKP members at the provincial council made the decision without including the council's BDP members in the meeting.

Yacan called for the urgent retraction of the demolition order which -he underlined- went contrary to the ongoing democratic resolution process.

Yacan stated that they would set up a tent and hold a vigil near the monumental tomb until the order is retracted.

The monumental tomb was opened with a ceremony on 15 September. The opening ceremony was joined by a number of people including BDP executives and representatives of non-governmental organizations.

The monumental tomb was covered with a huge flag of the PKK and photographs of Öcalan and Ronahi, with a writing on it reading; "Wê riha xwe ya şîrîn di ber gelê kurd de da. Heya ev gel hebe dê minetarê wê be" [A divine life dedicated to the Kurdish people who will remain grateful to her as long as they live].

The Agit Suruç Martyrs' Cemetery in Bendere region near Bagok mountain, in Mardin's (Mêrdîn) Nusaybin (Nisêbîn) district had also been demolished, allegedly by Turkish soldiers, on 4 September.

The cemetery of 44 HPG (People's Defense Forces) and PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) guerrillas was demolished one day after the burial of Kurdish guerrilla Ahmet Uğurlar whose body was allegedly exhumed from his grave.

The Bar Association of Diyarbakır filed a criminal complaint to the public prosecutor demanding the exposure and trial of the perpetrators on charges of "offence against the dead".