Hamza Adıyaman was only nine years old when he was kidnapped by the PKK. No one would believe that a nine year-old boy joined a terrorist organization willingly.
Hamza lived in the village of Kırıkdağ in Hakkari and was kidnapped in front of his school. When his family realized that their child was missing, they went to the school for searching him and saw a black car that they believe their son with tied hands was in.
Later, the PKK and HDP told the family that Hamza "died by falling into the Zap river" however Hamza's parents believed this was a lie.
They sought help from the HDP twice and got the answer that "the child is not here, he is not in the PKK as well." However, the family got a photograph of Hamza clad in PKK clothes and holding a gun in the PKK's child soldiers camp. Hamza's family did not lose their hope and visited the PKK camps 20 times to get Hamza back.
During one of these visits, Hamza's father saw his son in a car in Hakurk and called out to him but Hamza could not answer. The PKK immediately took the car from there. Hamza's father said that "there were eight other children in that vehicle."
The return of the children after having seen their mothers' call on the media has been a motivational factor for the families of others. The mothers of Diyarbakır strongly believe that one day all the children will be freed from the PKK.
*** This article has been penned by Abdullah Erboğa for Türkiye's state-run news agency...
