Diyarbakır bid farewell to Tahir Elçi

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JINHA

AMED -After the funeral ceremony in Koşuyolu, Hundreds of thousands of people marched to Cemetery of Yeniköy and they bade farewell to Tahir Elçi.

Tahir Elçi, the Head of Diyarbakir Bar Association was killed yesterday by a bullet while the Diyarbakır Bar Association lawyers and people were making a statement to draw attention to historical building 'The Four Columns Minare' which has been destroyed by the bullets. The Four Columns Minare. He was shot by a bullet in the head in Sur district of Diyarbakır.

The People shouted slogan such as 'Martyrs do not die', ' We never forget you, ' PKK is people and the people are here'.

Co-Chairsof the HDP Selahattin Demirtas,Figen Yüksekdağ and co-chairs of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality Fırat Anlı and Gültan Kışanak , All MPs of the HDP, MPs of the CHP Şenal Saruhan, Mahmut Tanal and Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the Chairmen Bar Association, thousands of young people from Democratic Youth Federation (DEM-GENÇ) and hundreds of thhousands of people attended to the funeral ceremony.

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