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On July 16, two Turkish planes were downed and their pilots were killed by the Kurds. [50] Aerial bombardment continued for several days and forced Kurds to withdraw to the height of 5,000 meters. By July 21, bombardment had destroyed many Kurdish forts. During these operations, Turkish military mobilized 66,000 soldiers and 100 aircraft. [51]
The 2021 Konya massacre was the killing of a Kurdish family in Turkey. 4 women and 3 men were killed as a result. [13] [14] According to an interview given by members of the family to Duvar, the attackers where close to the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) who did not want to permit Kurds to live in the neighborhood.
The 24 May 1993 PKK attack, [3] [4] [5] sometimes referred to as the Bingöl massacre [6] [7] was a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attack on unarmed Turkish military soldiers on the Elazığ-Bingöl highway, 13 km (8.1 mi) west of Bingöl. 33 Turkish soldiers and varying conflicting accounts of civilians were killed (two, [8] four, [9] five [1]).
The 15 August 1984 PKK attacks, which were led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as "Agit"), [2] marked the start of the last phase of Kurdish–Turkish conflict. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the PKK's second party Congress, which was held from 20 to 25 August 1982 in Daraa , Syria, it was decided that the PKK would start preparing for an insurgency inside Turkey.
While the Turkish Government states there was no racism involved, pro-Kurdish politicians and also the Kurdish media speak of a racist attack. [12] The Turkish Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu and other Turkish officials denied an ethnic motive behind the murders and blamed it on a decade old feud between two families. [ 13 ]
Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was until recently known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Golani, is allied with Turkey.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. had made "direct ...
The Kurds of Georgia also became victims of Stalin's purges in 1944. [13] [14] Between 1979 and 1989, the Kurdish population in Georgia increased 30%. [6] Many Kurds have immigrated from Armenia. [15] The largest Kurdish population in 1989 was found in the capital Tbilisi. [15] When Georgia became independent, the Kurdish population in Georgia ...
3 killed: Turkey claimed the airstrike which killed Bozkir and two others, [60] [61] claiming Bozkir, the camp manager, to be a senior PKK official and the camp to be "an incubator for terrorism". [60] The Makhmour camp was created in the 1990s, hosting refugees fleeing South-Eastern Turkey's destruction. [62] 16-17 August 2021 Seîd Hesen: Turkey