Hamdullah Öge transformed his Ford Transit minibus into an HDP announcement vehicle and was driving back to his house as he was murdered last night in the Nevalakamış region of Serpmekaya (Alpîran) in Karlıova, Bingöl. After the autopsy in Erzurum Forensic Institution, Öge’s body was claimed by his family and party members to be brought back to Karlıova.

As the body arrived at Karlıova, local shopkeepers shut down their businesses in protest and crowds greeted the body as they chanted “Martyrs don’t die!”

HDP Bingöl Parliamentarian İdris Baluken spoke to the crowd and reminded the low participation in AKP'S Bingöl rally yesterday. Baluken said that the murder of Hamdullah Öge was the state’s response to the people’s boycott of yesterday’s AKP rally. Baluken stated that Öge has been driving through the districts and villages of Bingöl, and actively contributing to the HDP’s election campaign. In return, Baluken said that they would collectively bid Öge farewell in his last journey.

Hundreds of vehicles formed a convoy to transport Öge’s body to the village of Karahamza for burial.