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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Dersim MP Alican Önlü has submitted a Parliamentary question about Esma Kılıçarslan, who was found dead in Uzunçayır Dam Lake on April 7, and Gülistan Doku, whose fate and whereabouts is not known for over three months.
In his question addressed to the Ministry of Interior, Önlü has said that Esma Kılıçarslan left home in Hozat, Dersim on March 11 to attend a wedding in city center, she got missing afterwards and her deceased body was coincidentally found during the search and rescue operations for Specialized Sergeant Yılmaz Güneş, whose boat capsized while doing rafting.
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From the moment her family reported her missing to the day when her deceased body was found, the search operations were not seriously conducted, HDP's Önlü has noted and briefly stated the following:
"Just as in the case of search operations for Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for 99 days, the search operations for Esma Kılıçarslan were apparently not conducted in a qualified and efficient manner, either.
"Women go missing in a city like Dersim which is kept under surveillance with police and gendarmerie stations and cameras 24 hours a day. They cannot be found in searches. But for the search for the Specialized Sergeant, the dead body of Esma Kılıçarslan may not have been found."
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Önlü has asked the Ministry the following questions:
(RT/SD)