Cafer Ceylan, the son of Hatice Ceylan, was persuaded to lay down his weapon and surrender to the security forces in southeastern Diyarbakir province of Turkey.

Cafer Ceylan decided to escape from the PKK organization to reach his family when he heard that his mother had taken part in the sit-in outside the HDP office in Diyarbakir.

Families that their children have been forcibly recruited by YPG/PKK members with the help of members of the HDP began staging sit-in protests on Sept. 3 outside the offices of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Diyarbakir. (ILKHA)