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Group of families in southeastern Turkey await return of their children abducted, forcibly recruited by terrorists<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two more families joined the months-long sit-in protest against the PKK terror group in southeastern Turkey on Friday.<\/span><\/h6>\n
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Families of children abducted or forcibly recruited by the PKK terror group have been protesting for more than a year in the Diyarbakir province, calling on their children to lay down arms and surrender to authorities.<\/p>\n

The protest began on Sept. 3, 2019 when three mothers said their children had been forcibly recruited by PKK terrorists. The sit-in outside the office of the Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party (HDP), which the government accuses of having links to the PKK, has been growing since then.<\/p>\n

Nihal Ciftci, a mother from the southeastern Hakkari province, joined the protest for her son Emircan, who was kidnapped by the terror group nine years ago when he was 14 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not be able to sleep until the morning. I could not get inside in winter days because my son was out in the cold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Underlining that the HDP and PKK are responsible for the kidnapping of her son, she said that she will continue the protest until her son returns home.<\/p>\n

Noting that the terror group had announced her son was killed in 2018, she said a DNA test result showed he was not her son.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Eregli, a man from the eastern Van province, joined the protest for his son Nevzat, who was kidnapped by the terror group seven years ago.<\/p>\n

“I will not leave this place before my son comes back. I want my son back from the HDP. Let my son surrender to the state,” Eregli said.<\/p>\n

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and EU — has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people including women, children, and infants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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