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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 ]
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.
Deniz Poyraz was born in 1983 in İzmir as the eldest of nine siblings to a Kurdish family from Tavuklu village, Mardin. [10] [11] Soon after her birth the family returned to Mardin, where according to an interview some family members gave to human rights media Bianet, the family's home was several times raided. [11]
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.
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a recent video of Kurdish rebels shooting down a Turkish helicopter recently. Verdict: Misleading The video dates back to 2016. Fact Check: The ...
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
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]).