Riha (Urfa) - The sit-in protest held in front of the Urfa Courthouse by Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were murdered in the attack carried out by the relatives and bodyguards of AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in Pirsûs (Turkish: Suruç) district of Urfa province on June 14, 2018, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has continued on its 767th day.

 In the morning, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar came in front of the courthouse from their home in Pirsûs to seek justice again by unfurling their banner reading, “Justice for the Şenyaşar family”.

 ‘Dirty foreheads cannot be cleaned by sajdah’

 Yesterday, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ, AKP’s parliamentary candidate from Riha for the upcoming elections in Türkiye, visited Riha as part of his election campaign. Today, the Şenyaşar family posted on their social media account, referring to the speech made by Bekir Bozdağ in Riha.

“The people know very well how those who lay their foreheads down in prostration to pray for Allah are involved in dirty things. Their dirty foreheads cannot be cleaned by sajdah and prayer rugs. The honorable people of Şanlıurfa will give the best response on May 14 to Bekir Bozdağ, who killed JUSTICE in the country,” the social media post of the Şenyaşar family said.

In his speech, Bekir Bozdağ said, “On May 14 (The election day), we will either see those who celebrate with champagne, or those who lay their clean foreheads down in prostration to praise Allah the rightful.” His speech sparks anger on social media platforms.

Not: Sajdah is the act of low bowing or prostration to Allah facing the qiblah. It is usually done in standardized prayers.