Families of abducted workers appeal to IHD
Families of abducted workers appeal to IHD
The families of four workers who are being detained by the People's Defense Forces (HPG) have appealed to the Siirt branch of the Human Rights Association (ÝHD) for assistance in negotiating the release of their loved ones.
The HPG detained the workers on September 9 during an assault on a dam construction site in the Tatvan region of the Þirvan district in Siirt.
"If we want to save these workers' lives, the Turkish Armed Forces must cease their operations," said Vetha Aydýn, ÝHD Siirt Branch Chair after the families' application.
Hasan Güneþ, a cousin of one of the detainees, said that other workers at the construction site do not want to work there anymore.
On 11 September, the PKK released the workers of three GSM operators that had been detained on 22 August in Bitlis. Niyazi Turgut, Ýhsan Danýþman and Cezayir Karaca were freed close to the Simek village on the highway between Tatvan and Hizan. Another two people had previously been released.
Turgut, Danýþman, Karaca, Mehmet Burak and Adnan Baþak were abducted after they had gone to Anadere as part of the Yelkenli village 30 km off the city of Tatvan in order to repair a defect.
Burak and Baþak were released on 26 August close to the Yelkenli village.
Right after their release, Turgut, Danýþman and Karaca applied to Hasan Ceylan, Head of the Human Rights Association (ÝHD) Siirt Branch. Ceylan went to the District Gendarmerie Command together with the three men. They gave their statements at the gendarmerie and were released subsequently.
In September, the PKK detained four village guards in Þýrnak and four workers from a dam construction site in Siirt.
A total of 14 people are currently being detained by the PKK, some of them since July, among them three soldiers, one health technician, one governor candidate, one driver, four village guards and four construction workers.
The HPG detained the workers on September 9 during an assault on a dam construction site in the Tatvan region of the Þirvan district in Siirt.
"If we want to save these workers' lives, the Turkish Armed Forces must cease their operations," said Vetha Aydýn, ÝHD Siirt Branch Chair after the families' application.
Hasan Güneþ, a cousin of one of the detainees, said that other workers at the construction site do not want to work there anymore.
On 11 September, the PKK released the workers of three GSM operators that had been detained on 22 August in Bitlis. Niyazi Turgut, Ýhsan Danýþman and Cezayir Karaca were freed close to the Simek village on the highway between Tatvan and Hizan. Another two people had previously been released.
Turgut, Danýþman, Karaca, Mehmet Burak and Adnan Baþak were abducted after they had gone to Anadere as part of the Yelkenli village 30 km off the city of Tatvan in order to repair a defect.
Burak and Baþak were released on 26 August close to the Yelkenli village.
Right after their release, Turgut, Danýþman and Karaca applied to Hasan Ceylan, Head of the Human Rights Association (ÝHD) Siirt Branch. Ceylan went to the District Gendarmerie Command together with the three men. They gave their statements at the gendarmerie and were released subsequently.
In September, the PKK detained four village guards in Þýrnak and four workers from a dam construction site in Siirt.
A total of 14 people are currently being detained by the PKK, some of them since July, among them three soldiers, one health technician, one governor candidate, one driver, four village guards and four construction workers.
