TURKEY-TERÖRİST DEVLET: Another horrifying massacre ...
F-16 warplanes bombed civilians last night
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At least 35 civilians slaughtered by Turkish warplanes
Around 50 civilians, allegedly smugglers, have been killed by the bombardment of Turkish F-16 warplanes in Ortasu (Roboski) of Uludere district of Şırnak last night.
Among 50 people whose ages range between 15 and 30, 36 have been confirmed dead so far. 15 others are reported missing.
Relatives of victims are trying to find the scattered parts of bodies in the area. While only BDP members have arrived the village, the number of deaths is estimated to be higher. The bodies are reported to be completely burnt and unrecognizable. Some sort of chemical bombs might have been used in the assault, according to the statements of people who managed to survive.
It is reported that 17 people are still missing, according to villagers statements.
The names of 19 of the people slaughtered and whose bodies were found have been confirmed by villagers. The names are:
Özcan Uysal, Nevzat Encü, Salih Encü, Ferhat Encü, Şervan Encü, Osman Kaplan, M. Ali Tosun, Nadir Almak, Yüksel Ürek, Salih Ürek, Adem And, Hamza Encü, Cemal Encü, Sivan Encü, Bedran Encü, Hüseyin Encü, Selam Encü, Aslan Encü, Celal Encü
ANF / ŞIRNAK
ANF NEWS AGENCY
29 December 2011
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Mothers cry out:
they killed my sons
Mercan Encü is the mother of Şervan and Nevzat Encü. The two kids lost their life in the bombing by the Turkish army on Wednesday night. Mercan Encü is devastated by pain and sorrow. She cries and says "My children went to the border to buy fuel but the Turkish government mercilessly killed them. For which of my sons should I mourn now? They burnt my children."
Zahide Encü, mother of 12-year old victim Aslan Encü also lost her son: “My elder son lost his foot seven years ago when he stepped on a mine while doing this work. - she says - My 12-year old son was smuggling also to get the money for a prosthesis leg for his elder brother. He went there to buy two bins of fuel. However, the state confronted them and sent warplanes against them. The children who died in the bombing - she adds - were all aged 12, some were 14. We have to smuggle because we don’t have any other opportunity". The devastated mother cries out to the killers, the culprits of this massacre. She said they "are not God believers, not Muslims because Islam wouldn’t allow people to kill people with warplanes. All victims were burnt and their bodies torn apart beyond recognition. I wasn’t able to recognize the bodies of my children."
Halit Encü, a relative of a victim of the bombardment, underlined that the state also knew that these people were smuggling. Smuggling – he added - is the only source of living of the people living in the area. Encü remarked that the state purposely prevented and killed them with bombs.
Relative of another victim, Ayaz Encü reported that they faced with a slaughter at the scene and showed the piece of a bomb in his hand. Encü said : “Our relatives were slaughtered savagely and mercilessly. The whole world needs to see that this is the real face of Turkey and the AKP. I call on the world public opinion to show awareness and the Turkish public opinion to be here.”
Responding to the request for the bodies to be transferred to Malatya Forensic Medicine Institute, villagers ask to bury their relatives in their village following an autopsy at Gülyazı village clinic.
ANF / ŞIRNAK
ANF NEWS AGENCY
29-12-2011
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Demirtaş:
What went on in Uludere is a terrifying massacre
A Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) delegation led by the party co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş in on its way to Uludere where 35 people have been killed by Turkish warplanes on Wednesday night.
Demirtaş said that what took place in Uludere was "a horrifying massacre" and added that all of the victims were villagers, including children and high school students. He also pointed out that the villagers were living on smuggling and that the officials in the region also knew that.
Demirtaş recalled the remarks of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said a government which kills its own people loses its legitimacy in reference to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. "I am using these exact words with respect to Erdoğan," the BDP leader said.
The BDP had declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims.
In the meantime the Turkish General Staff has been trying to "justify" the horrifying massacre in Uludere by claiming that it would have been impossible to know whether the civilians killed by warplanes were actually villagers or PKK guerrillas, as the PKK often used this area to cross the border. Somehow it is an appalling justification, made even worse by the assumption that the victims were "border smugglers" so to a certain degree lesser people.
"As a result of intelligence received from various sources and technical analyses carried out, - reads the General Staff statement - we understood that terrorist groups, which also included senior leaders, gathered in the region and that they were readying to stage attacks on our outposts and bases along the border; the relevant troops were warned."
The General Staff statement adds that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detected a group heading towards the Turkish border with northern Iraq at 6:39 p.m. on Wednesday. "Considering that the area where the group was spotted was a region frequently used by terrorists - reads the statement - and that there was overnight activity towards our borders, we decided the group should be fired upon and the target was hit between 9:37 and 10:24 p.m."
ANF / NEWS DESK
ANF NEWS AGENCY
29-12-2011
