HDP files complaint over dragging of dead body in ??rnak

The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a complaint over the notorious dragging of a dead body of an alleged outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militant through the streets of ??rnak in southeast Turkey, also tabling a parliamentary motion addressed to the interior minister.

The dead body belonged to the brother-in-law of HDP ??rnak deputy Leyla Birlik, Hac? Lokman Birlik, who is said to have been killed during clashes between police and members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), the youth wing of the PKK, in downtown ??rnak.

The HDP said in a written statement that the party?s lawyer had filed a complaint over the incident, in which Birlik?s body was apparently dragged from the back of a police truck, to the Ankara Public Prosecutor?s Office. 

The party issued complaints against Interior Minister Selami Alt?nok, ??rnak Governor Ali ?hsan Su, ??rnak Police Chief Hac? Sel, and all people involved in the incident.

On Oct. 4, the Interior Ministry announced that it had launched an investigation into possible human rights abuses after the image was posted online earlier that day. The photograph spread widely on social media and was also shared by Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta?.

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