After the opening of the mass graves in Çemiþgezek (Dersim), eight more mass graves are to be opened this time in Bitlis.

Last year hundreds of families have submitted a request to the Human Rights Association in Bitlis in order to get help with procedures to claim the remains of their beloved.

The first mass grave in the area was actually in the Gendarmerie back garden, where garbages were thrown.

The 8 mass graves to be opened are:

Deliklitaþ: (2 mass graves, 22 guerrillas buried)

Arap köprüsü: (2 mass graves, 8 guerrillas buried)

Karez: 1 mass grave, 33 guerrillas buried)

Bitlis brook: 2 mass graves, 50 guerrillas buried)

Mutki, near the Armenian church Himo: 1 mass grave, 8 people buried)