The “National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission” established by the Turkish Parliament will hold its fourth round of meetings on August 19 and 20. The focus will be on discussions with civil society organizations and relatives who have lost family members in the war in Kurdistan.
According to the parliament, Family Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş is scheduled to give a presentation at the first meeting on August 19. During the first session, associations and foundations working on behalf of the families of Turkish state forces who were killed or injured in the war will also be heard.
In the second session on the same day, members of a controversial group are scheduled to appear. In 2019, at the instigation of then-Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, the group began a sit-in in front of the HDP building in the province of Amed (tr. Diyarbakır). The participants claim that their children were allegedly brainwashed by the HDP and then encouraged to join the guerrilla movement.
Further talks with human rights organizations are scheduled for August 20. In the morning, the Saturday Mothers and Kurdish Peace Mothers, who have been campaigning for years for information about the fate of their disappeared relatives, will be heard. In the afternoon, representatives of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), the Human Rights Association (IHD), the Mazlum-Der organization, and the Tahir Elçi Foundation will follow.
The meetings will be chaired by Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş. The meetings will begin at 2 p.m. each day.
Source: ANF News
