Saturday Mother Morsümbül Loses Her Life

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“I’ve come to Galatasaray for years hoping to meet my son Hüseyin. They wanted to throw us away, coshed and detained us, dragged us on the ground but we haven’t given up”.

These words belong to Hüseyin Morsümbül’s mother Fatma Morsümbül, a Saturday Mother, who passed away last night (December 26).

Nothing could be heard from high-school student Hüseyin Morsümbül (19), who was detained by police and soldiers during a house raid on September 18, 1980 six days after September 12 coup.

The Human Rights Association announced that Fatma Morsümbül’s body will be interred in Bingöl’s Gözeler village at 11 a.m.

“I know the grief of losing a child”

In a letter she sent on September 27, 2014 to Galatasaray Square where she wasn’t present that day as she was in hospital, Fatma Morsümbül had said:

“Looking after Galatasaray was looking after Hüseyin. I am in the hospital but my children, grand-children are in Galatasaray.

“We were a harmless family with six children. After the coup, soldiers and police officers raided [our house]. My high-school student son’s eyes and hands were tied. They took him away telling us ‘We will receive his testimony and bring him back in five minutes.’ We never saw him again.

“Hüseyin was my eldest son. I was always thinking about him. I couldn’t mother my other five children. My children raised each other.

“Ekin grew up in this environment. He took his brother’s name and headed to the mountain. He was killed in a clash a few years later. They tortured his dead body.

“I lost my two sons in this dirty interest war. I know the suffering of losing a child. I want peace so other mothers won’t undergo this suffering”. (AS/TK)