BETLIS, North Kurdistan, — A mass-grave containing the bodies of 22 Kurdish guerrillas located in Betlis was destroyed by the Turkish officials, report said today.
To avoid the revelation of the atrocities of the Turkish regime and to evade the exhumation of the mass-graves in Mutki areas, all the sites where believed to be containing the bodies of Kurdish guerrillas, are covered by stones.
Under the pretext of road construction a mass-grave containing the bodies of 22 Kurdish guerrillas were destroyed in Betlis and the bodies of the guerrillas were exposed.
Hassan Ceylan the Human Rights’ Society Representative in Betlis stated that the destruction of this mass-grave is the blatant violation of human honour.
Mr. Ceylan stated that although they had previously informed the public prosecutor of the mass-grave which contains the bodies of 22-28 Kurdish guerrillas, but they have never done anything to excavate it.
Ceylan also informed about the existence of 4 mass-graves in Mutki and stated “although we have informed the state’s officials about the existence of these mass-graves but; instead of their excavation, the government’s agencies put stones on the mass-graves to hide them from the public”.