Filiz Aydin, the mother of the Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer, who was killed in Paris in December, died in hospital as a result of an infection. Her funeral will take place in Muş and she will be buried next to her son's grave.
Filiz Aydin, the mother of the Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer (Mehmet Şirin Aydın), who was murdered in Paris on 23 December 2022, died in hospital. Aydin had been hospitalized for some time and died on Tuesday as a result of an infection. She will be buried next to the grave of her son in Muş.
Mîr Perwer was murdered on 23 December 2022 together with Evîn Goyî (Emine Kara) and Abdurrahman Kızıl in the Kurdish cultural center Ahmet Kaya in Paris. The musician was born in Mûş and was living in France, where he had applied for asylum. He was forced to leave his homeland due to the political persecution by the Turkish state. He was active in the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and was sentenced to prison by the Turkish judiciary on "terrorist charges". Mîr Perwer belonged to the Kurdish cultural movement TEV-ÇAND.
When the remains of Mîr Perwer arrived in his home village for the funeral, on 5 January, the Turkish state once again showed its hatred of Kurds. The coffin was seized by security forces, and transported to the cemetery with a shovel excavator. Only the closest family members could attend the funeral, while a large crowd of mourners was attacked with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. More than thirty arrests were made.
