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n 2nd May, Nevaf Kortak (Baran) was killed in the clash between the occupying soldiers and HPG. During the burrial, the family of Baran was subjected to oppression of the occupying soldiers. The Kortak family who live in the Bismil district of Amed went to the Malatya Institute of Forensic Medicine on 13 May after the authorities had contacted them regarding the fall of martyr Baran.
The family collected his funeral and departed to return however, the family member were stopped several times along the way and were passed through the General Information Screening (GBT) each time.
Soldiers and policemen were unsatisfied and, under the name of the search, opened the coffin in which the body of Kortak was. This was repeated several times.
THEY SAID “YOU CANT WASH THE FUNERAL IN OUR STATES MOSQUE”
The Kortak family took the funeral of their child to the mosque in order to fulfill their religious duties. However, the invading police blockade and harassment against the family continued here. According to Uncle Zubeyir Kortak, the police said ’The mosque is the state’s mosque. We certainly won’t let you wash in here. We will not allow the permanent imams here to wash the funeral. If anyone knows how to wash the funeral. “If you so much as chant a slogan, we will take the funeral from you and won’t let you bury”, they threatened the family. Nevaf’s funeral was then washed by family members and an imam. Family members who could not fulfill their religious obligations due to pressures of the occupying police, buried their funerals in the Akpinar Cemetery under the police blockade.
