AMED - The family of Miğdat Erkek, who was buried 29 years ago in the garden of Üçdamlar Gendarmerie Station Command in Licê, applied to IHD Amed Branch.
The family of PKK member Miğdat Erkek, who was killed in an armed clash in April 1996 in the rural area in the triangle of Licê, Pasur (Kulp) districts of Amed (Diyarbakır) and Dara Hêne (Genç) district of Çewlîg (Bingöl), applied to Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Branch.
His brother Yılmaz Erkek, applied to IHD with a request for "legal aid", and demanded an excavation in the area mentioned in the news article in our agency, which was then Üçadamlar Gendarmerie Station Command and later a school. He also met with Ercan Yılmaz, the chair of the IHD branch, and told him about the research they had conducted in the area and the statements of eyewitnesses. Erkek asked for support for the delivery of his brother's bones to the family.
Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Amed MP Serhat Ereni who brought the issue to the Parliament, submitted a parliamentary question to be answered by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz.