TURKEY was accused of kidnapping the bodies of Kurdish resistance fighters today as part of its systematic intimidation and oppression of the country’s sizeable minority community.

“They are stealing our right to a dignified funeral and prolonging our mourning,” spokesman for the families Seyhmus Karadag told the Morning Star.

“Some families wait for the bones of their children for years to have a grave to visit. Their aim is to frustrate and intimidate us. They want us to abandon our children,” he said.