Sakine, Fidan and Leyla laid to rest
Sakine, Fidan and Leyla laid to rest
Tens of thousands turned out today to join the funerals of Sakine Cansýz, Fidan Doðan and Leyla Þaylemez in their hometowns of Dersim, Elbistan and Mersin.
The three Kurdish politicians were killed in Paris on 9 January.
Fidan (Rojbin) Doðan, the Paris representative of the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) was buried in Elbistan. People in their thousands flock to give Fidan, whose birthday was yesterday, the last salute.
Fidan Doðan's coffin was wrapped with a flag of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and, like yesterday in Diyarbakýr, mourners were wearing a white scarf symbolizing peace.
An Alevi dede led the crowd in a funeral prayer. Doðan was buried in the Hançýplak neighborhood.
BDP co-chair Gülten Kýþanak, as well as BDP deputies Nursel Aydoðan, Ayla Akat Ata, Hasip Kaplan and Ýbrahim Binici and Diyarbakýr mayor Osman Baydemir were at the ceremony for Fidan Doðan.
"These three women - said in an emotional speech Fidan Doðan's father, Hasan - were shot with three bullets to the head. They were savagely killed. Peace is not too difficult to achieve; I hope for peace. I wish my sorrow would be the last."
Kýþanak made a promise to "all Kurdish women and to Sakine, Fidan and Leyla: We will bring peace and freedom to this land".
Kýþanak also underlined that "the killers wanted to kill the peace initiatives of Öcalan by killing Sakine, Fidan and Leyla. But let's state this clear: you won't succeed".
The three Kurdish politicians were killed in Paris on 9 January.
Fidan (Rojbin) Doðan, the Paris representative of the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) was buried in Elbistan. People in their thousands flock to give Fidan, whose birthday was yesterday, the last salute.
Fidan Doðan's coffin was wrapped with a flag of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and, like yesterday in Diyarbakýr, mourners were wearing a white scarf symbolizing peace.
An Alevi dede led the crowd in a funeral prayer. Doðan was buried in the Hançýplak neighborhood.
BDP co-chair Gülten Kýþanak, as well as BDP deputies Nursel Aydoðan, Ayla Akat Ata, Hasip Kaplan and Ýbrahim Binici and Diyarbakýr mayor Osman Baydemir were at the ceremony for Fidan Doðan.
"These three women - said in an emotional speech Fidan Doðan's father, Hasan - were shot with three bullets to the head. They were savagely killed. Peace is not too difficult to achieve; I hope for peace. I wish my sorrow would be the last."
Kýþanak made a promise to "all Kurdish women and to Sakine, Fidan and Leyla: We will bring peace and freedom to this land".
Kýþanak also underlined that "the killers wanted to kill the peace initiatives of Öcalan by killing Sakine, Fidan and Leyla. But let's state this clear: you won't succeed".
