Another family joins anti-PKK protest in SE Turkey

One more family seeking their child's return joined the ongoing protest against the PKK terror group in Turkey on Wednesday.

Rahime Taşçı and her family traveled from the northeastern Kars province to Diyarbakır in the southeast in the hopes of somehow reuniting with her son Faruk.

She said Faruk was kidnapped and taken to the mountains by the PKK and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) seven years ago, when he was just 15 years old.

Taşçı joined the protest outside the offices of the HDP-a party accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group-on its 394th day.

Started by three mothers-Fevziye Çetinkaya, Remziye Akkoyun, and Ayşegül Biçer-on Sept. 3, 2019, the sit-in has steadily grown over the past year.

Taşçı said she saw the protest on television and felt that it could help her find her son.

"I want my child from the HDP. They must bring back my child," she said.

Urging her son to surrender to Turkish security forces, she added: "Please my son, come back wherever you are. Don't leave your father and me alone. Wherever you are, I will find you and bring you back. Just try to call us."

Offenders in Turkey linked to terrorist groups who surrender are eligible for possible sentence reductions under a repentance law.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK-listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU-has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.