DW: 'Unprecedented destruction' of Kurdish city of Cizre
Research by a Turkish human rights group found Turkey's army turned the Kurdish city of Cizre into a 'war zone' where hundreds of civilians died and thousands of homes were destroyed. Tom Stevenson reports from Istanbul.
An extensive independent report from the Turkish human rights NGO Mazlumder concludes that Turkish army campaigns in the predominantly Kurdish city of Cizre in the country's far southeast turned the city into a "war zone" where over 200 people were killed during the curfew. More than 10,000 homes were destroyed.
In interviews with dozens of local residents, local officials, as well as the local government and opposition party representatives, along with field research in Cizre, the NGO gathered evidence of multiple human rights violations after the city was subjected to a round-the-clock military lockdown from December to March.
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WNU Editor: I do not see the end game for Turkey by pursuing such a destructive war. This is only going to harden Kurdish aspirations, and will prolong the war.
2 comments:
Kurds do not exist. There are 'mountain' Turks in the SE of Turkey.
At least according to my local Muslim Turkish-American, who was once in the Marine Corps (or so he says. I believe him).
With chauvanistic attitudes like the above, peace will not be possible.
Batman is in turkey ...lol
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