NORTH KURDISTAN, — A great number of mass graves have been discovered in the cities of Kerboran, Silopi and Basya in which the remaining bodies of Kurdish guerrillas were found.
A question that might raise here is that how many Kurdish guerrillas who have lost their lives in battle with Turkish army since 1984 have been dumped into these mass graves?
According to a report by Amed branch of Human Rights Organisation IHD, there are 235 mass graves in 20 cities of North Kurdistan (south-east Turkey) in which 3,248 bodies are hidden.
The Human Rights Organisation states its report is based on the visits the families of the disappeared have paid to its office, adding the exact number is not known as it could be even higher.
Those guerrillas who lost their lives in 2000s, their bodies were dumped into mass graves in the city suburbs. Occasionally they were thrown into mass graves in the vicinity of military fortifications.
For the first time a picture of a distorted mass-grave is publicized showing the bodies of three Kurdish guerrillas killed in Sirnex (Sirnak). This picture was taken by the Turkish soldiers and sent to the social networks.
According to IHD report, the numbers of mass-graves and the number of corpses hidden in them are as follow:
Amed: 30 mass graves with 298 bodies
Sert: 36 mass-graves with 376 bodies
Bitlis: 35 mass-graves with 485 bodies
Colemerg: 35 mass-graves with 347 bodies
Cewlig: 33 mass-graves with 468 bodies
Wan: 18 mass-graves with 257 bodies
Sirnex: 14 mass-graves with 204 bodies
Elih: 11 mass graves with 198 bodies
Merdin: 14 mass-graves 98 bodies
Dersim: 5 mass-graves with 259 bodies
Xarpet: 3 mass-graves with 55 bodies
Agri: 2 mass-graves with 53 bodies
Idir: 1 mass-grave with 14 bodies
Erdexan: 1 mass grave with 19 bodies
Qers: 1 mass grave 17 bodies
Semsur: 1 mass grave 17 bodies
Melete: 1 mass-grave 5 bodies
Dilok: 1 mass-grave with 10 bodies
Hatay: 1 mass grave with 8 bodies
Riah: 2 mass-graves with 16 bodies
