A commemoration program was held on the anniversary of the ten people, including 7 children massacred in PKK's raid on a house on January 23, 1987, in Efeler (Gündikêporti) near the village of Başyurt (Zaxuran) in the town of Midyat.

Midyat District Governorate held a commemoration program on the 31^st anniversary of the massacre.

Dargeçit District Governor and Deputy Mayor Mehmet Yasar Yeşiltaş, Mardin Provincial Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Colonel İlker Gönen, District Gendarmerie Commander Captain Halil İbrahim Çiftçi, Gendarmerie Commando Battalion Commander Major Zafer Pasinlioğlu, corporate superiors, commanders, and villagers participated in the program.

Midyat Mufti M.Şafi Bilik performed a prayer for the murders after the Qur'an recitation was read.

Speaking in the commemoration program, District Governor and Deputy Mayor Mehmet Yasar Yeşiltaş emphasized that the people of the village did not obey to the PKK despite all the treachery of a mind that is so crazy to kill the 2-years-old baby in the cradle.

Şirin Akçay, a relative of the murdered people, expressed his wish that the Muslim Kurdish people should understand that the PKK is a subcontractor and a bloody organization.

"This organization is a subcontractor organization and can never be accepted as a political entity" 

"The PKK is unable to tolerate the unity of our people. They are still trying to turn our region into a bloodbath through with their social media as well as visual media. The blood-shedder, baby killer organization kill our police, troops, and civilians with the bombs and mines. Until now, the vampires who have brought socialism to the forefront are now the slave for the imperialism of USA. Muslim Kurdish people must be aware and conscious that they are a pawn clearly in their attacks against our country. For years, the supposed leaders of the organization have traded in the blood of Kurdish people. Claiming that they defend democracy and human rights by filling their walls. These vampires and their extensions ignore the right to life, the most basic human right. They targeted innocent people and created mass graves, added Akçay.

Son of Kadri Ağırman, who was a local guard and murdered in the attack, Basri Ağırman also stressed that their pain is still refreshed as like the first day. Ağırman added that the youngest martyred one was 2-years-old and the oldest one was 70-years-old.  

Mothers who lost 4 children in the attack: We have been living this pain for 30 years

Emine Akçay, who lost her 3 young daughters and one boy in the attack said: "We live with this pain for 30 years. My son was 7-years-old and my youngest daughter was one and a half year-old, my other daughters were 3 and 6 years old. We cannot forget this event. We count our children like as Palestinian children. We Muslims are opposed to this issue. We know that this game is a trap for the United States. What were the crime of a one and a half-year-old child?"

ILKHA