Call from democratic mass organizations to commemorate the train massacre: We will stop these lands from being remembered with massacres and crown them with peace

TMMOB, KESK, DİSK, TTB and 10 October Peace Association made a call for a commemoration program to be held on the anniversary of the massacre that took place in front of Ankara Train Station on 10 October 2015, in which 104 people lost their lives.

Democratic society organizations gathered at the Civil Society Union reminded that although 11 years have passed, the questions "How the massacre was prepared, how the perpetrators were able to get to the middle of Ankara, why people with intelligence about them were not stopped, and why the responsibilities of public officials were not investigated effectively despite all this" are still waiting for answers.

TMMOB, KESK, DISK, TTB and 10 October Peace Association argued that the political power was responsible for the massacre and that it did and continues to do its best to prevent the massacre from being brought to light. The joint statement made here was read by KESK Co-Chairman Ayfer Koçak.

Still wondering "When will all those responsible for October 10 be tried?" Emphasizing that they asked the question, Koçak said, "We did not and will not accept that the file be closed by punishing only a few ISIS members. The October 10 file will not be closed until the whole truth is revealed, from those who took part in the organization of the massacre to the public officials who were negligent, faulty and responsible, and until all those responsible are brought before an independent and effective trial. Justice; those who try to dilute the case by calling ISIS "angry youth", a "cocktail organization", those who hide the evidence of the massacre and those who promote them. "The aim is to see those who set up the bomb as responsible as those who detonated it," he said.

Koçak also shared the details of the commemoration program. Accordingly, on Saturday, October 10; They will gather in front of Ulus Metro at 09:00 and move to Ankara Station Square with a silent march starting at 09:30.

The commemoration event will start with a moment of silence at 10:04 on October 10, and will end with a joint statement from the institutions.

Cemetery visits in all provinces where the graves of those who lost their lives on October 10 and 11, 2026 are located will be carried out within the framework of the original planning of those provinces.

In Ankara, they will gather in front of Vedat Dalokay Wedding Hall in Kurtuluş Park on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 10:30, and from there they will move to Karşıyaka Cemetery. The cemetery visit and commemoration event in Karşıyaka Cemetery T19 zone will be held at 11:30.

Stating that he invited all segments of society whose hearts beat for labor, peace and democracy to participate in the commemoration events, Koçak said, "We reiterate our promise once again as we commemorate our martyrs of peace whom we lost in the largest mass massacre in the history of Turkey with respect and longing. We will save these lands from being remembered with massacres and unsolved murders and crown them with peace and democracy as a gift to our lost lives and comrades. Sooner or later, those responsible will be punished; labor will win, democracy will win, peace will win!" He concluded his words by saying.