The Voices of Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones

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Teacher Bayram Çıtak, 37, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Teacher Bayram Çıtak, 37, died in Taksim

We heard the story of teacher Bayram Çıtak from his eldest son, Mete Çıtak, who lives in Izmir, and from his friend Selahattin Koçak from the Alliance and Solidarity Association of All Teachers (TÖB-DER) and the Unity Solidarity movement.

4 May 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Construction Worker Bayram Eyi, 50, Died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Construction Worker Bayram Eyi, 50, Died in Taksim

"After losing my father, I never missed a First of May rally. This state owes me, because it was the state that murdered my father," says Zeki Eyi, who lost his father at the age of 17.

3 May 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Film industry worker Rasim Elmas, 41, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Film industry worker Rasim Elmas, 41, died in Taksim

Birsen Kement was 17 when she lost her father, Rasim Elmas. When she was told at police headquarters, “You’ll find your father in the morgue,” she only heard part of it. She says when she opened her eyes on May 2, she had “doubled in age overnight.”

1 May 2021 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Political panorama of Turkey-1977

1ST OF MAY 1977 / SAMİ EVREN

Political panorama of Turkey-1977

The head of both Nationalist Front governments of 1977 was Süleyman Demirel. For Turkey, the year of May 1st massacre was a year of attacks, deaths, coup allegations, trials of those subjected to violations and impunity for responsible parties.

1 May 2021 Sami Evren

The voices of those who lost their loved ones: 1 May '77 and impunity

NEW SERIES AS OF 1ST OF MAY

The voices of those who lost their loved ones: 1 May '77 and impunity

Published by bianet as an e-book as well, the series of "The Voices of Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones/ 1 May ‘77 and Impunity" is now preparing to meet its English-speaking audience, starting from the 1st of May.

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