In 1995, in the bunker close to his family’s house, four PKK militants and one local villager of Befircan were killed. Their house was evacuated and he and his family moved to the Makhmour Camp. His sister Emine, his older brother Selahattin and two of his cousins are still there. After living there for 7 years, he was captured and arrested in Turkey, and served a 6 year sentence. Presently, he is renovating his house in Befircan.

She graduated from the Department of Geography at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. She continues to work as a high school teacher in Yüksekova.

He graduated from the Faculty of Literature at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. She continues to work as a high school teacher in Yüksekova.

After finishing Yüksekova High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Communication at Ankara University. He currently works as a journalist.

After finishing Yüksekova High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Istanbul University. In the 1990s his father and maternal uncle were detained, tortured and given prison sentences. Kenan continues to work as a high school teacher in Yüksekova.

He graduated from the Faculty of Languages, History and Geography at Ankara University. He continues to work as a high school teacher in Van.

He graduated from the Accountancy Department of the Yüksekova Multi- Programme High-School. He presently continues his higher education at the Open University. In the 1990s, his father was detained and tortured on the basis of an informer’s statement, and remained in custody for five months. His father was released when the informer retracted his statement.

After completing the Van Anatolian High School, he graduated from the Department of Guidance and Psychological Counselling at Boğaziçi University. He works at a private company in Istanbul.

He graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Dicle University. His maternal uncle Abdullah Canan was murdered following his ‘disappearance’. His maternal uncle’s son Bahattin, a PKK militant, was killed in a clash in 1992. His body was tied to the back of a panzer and dragged in public. Özgen, Özgen currently works as an electrical engineer in Yüksekova.

He dropped out after his third year in primary school. His younger brother İsmet, who had joined the PKK at the age of 13, was captured wounded on the Diyarbakır highway in 2012 and imprisoned. In 1995, his paternal uncle Selim Akın was forced by army special force members to bring out the bodies of the four PKK militants killed in the bunker in Befircan, unknowingly triggering a bomb in the bunker in the process that cost him his life. Rıfat continues to work as a labourer in Yüksekova.

After completing Yüksekova High School he prepared for university exams. He suffered numerous incidents of police violence because of his name. He later managed a private school in Yüksekova. He now lives in Yüksekova and works in trade.

Some of the former students in the class photograph could not take part in the shooting because of scheduling difficulties, some did not want to speak, and some others were said to be in the mountains...