Main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu visits Şenyaşar family

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Emine Şenyaşar lost her spouse and two sons in an attack by the security guards and relatives of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in Urfa. She and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who survived the attack, have been seeking justice since then.

Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar have been keeping a justice watch in front of the Urfa courthouse for 277 days as of today (December 10).

Yesterday, Republican People's Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and a delegation accompanying him, including MPs Sezgin Tanrıkulu and Mahmut Tanal, visited the family on their justice watch.

Ferit Şenyaşar talked to the main opposition CHP delegation about the struggle for justice that they have been waging for 3 years, 6 months.

As reported by Mezopotamya Agency, Şenyaşar said that the massacre happened at the hospital before the eyes of his mother: "An organized massacre is the case here. As an MP is involved in the massacre, no one can file the lawsuit. We have been in front of the courthouse for nearly a year now. Prosecutors have been evading us. Prosecutors know the incident."

Gün gelecek bu devlet Emine Şenyaşar ile de helalleşecek. Önce katillerle hesaplaşacak, sonra da anneden helalliğini alacak. pic.twitter.com/9iXKoZNOWn

— Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (@kilicdarogluk) December 9, 2021

'AKP committed a massacre, got political returns'

Bülent Duran, one of the lawyers of the family, also said, "A massacre happened; the then minister said that this family had no ties with an organization. This family, who are just shopkeepers, were faced with a massacre. Everything happened before the eyes of the mother."

Noting that "not a single person was arrested," the lawyer added:

"The AKP carried out a massacre and got political returns. The mother has more health problems now. The family is right to the end; we want justice. We cannot talk about the law in this country.

"This mother wants justice for everyone. You visited this family today. You as politicians and we as lawyers have to fulfill our responsibilities. Otherwise, we will be a party to this massacre."

'We will bring justice together'

CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said, "We will bring justice together. Whoever the perpetrators are, we will disclose them together. You will find the legal connections and we will find the political ones. Everyone who has a conscience must be on the side of this family."

Kılıçdaroğlu noted, "This is not an ordinary case. This is the case of a mother who lost her children. Everyone who says 'I am a human' must claim this case. This has nothing to do with being right, left or a party. This is a struggle for justice. How can we not hear this mother's cry?"

'No one dares to take a step'

"We know that there are political pressures on the file," said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu further, briefly adding the following:

"But no matter what they do, we will bring justice. We will do it for the sake of this land. All this information is obvious, but no one dares to take a step. Why? Because there is an MP involved. What difference would it make if I was the President, let alone a member of the parliament?

Justice, justice, justice, my friend... The mother says, 'I want justice, I want what is my right'. Of course, her children will not come back, but she wants the fire in her heart to cool down. We will make this happen, don't worry, mother. Just as you follow up on this case, I will also follow up on this case as a son, as a brother of yours.

What happened?

During the election campaign of ruling AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in Suruç, Urfa on June 14, 2018, an attack turned into an armed conflict, which claimed the lives of Yıldız's brother Mehmet Şah Yıldız, shop owner Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar and his sons Adil and Celal Şenyaşar.

Having lost his father and two brothers and been wounded himself in the incident, Fadıl Şenyaşar was discharged from hospital and detained on June 17. He was then arrested and sent to prison.

Demanding justice for two sons, husband and her arrested son, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who survived the attack, have been keeping a "justice watch" in front of the courthouse.

There has been a confidentiality order on the file of the investigation into the attack for 3 years, 3 months. The second appeal of the Şenyaşar family against the "confidentiality" order on the investigation into the second attack at the Suruç Public Hospital was rejected on April 21, 2021.

The Constitutional Court, to which the family appealed, has not yet given its decision. One of the demands raised by the family on their justice watch is the removal of this "confidentiality" order. (RT/SD)