Saturday Mothers
Fourteen Years of Unanswered Questions
Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the first protest against unsolved disappearances in Turkey.
On 27 May 1995, fourteen years ago, the “Saturday Mothers” gathered for the first time.
They came together in front of the Galatasaray Highschool in central Istanbul to protest against the disappearances of their sons and relatives.
All these years later, many of the disappearances have still not been solved, and perpetrators have not been brought to justice. This year, the Saturday Mothers took up their weekly protests again.
Click here for a photo gallery of the first protests.
- Internatıonal Week of the Dısappeared: Relatives of Disappeared Will Form Justice Tribunal[15 May 2009]
- Saturday Mothers Call on President Gül to Intervene[23 March 2009]
- Saturday Mothers Meet For 206th Time [10 March 2009]
- Millions in Turkey Couldn't Watch This Live Because... [20 May 2013]
- Turkish Airlines Bans Red Lipstick For Flight Attendants [29 April 2013]
- Hunger Strike in Van Prison [20 May 2013]
- PKK Might Withdraw By August, Demirtaş Says [22 March 2013]
- Journalist Şık Absent at Court - Transportation Mishap at Prison [15 April 2011]
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