Brussels- Belgium: after the clashes that took place between Kurdish guerrillas and Turkish Army last weekend in Semzinan district of Hakkari, the KNK (Kurdistan National Congress) executive council released a statement to draw attention to the situation.
“The Turkish state – reads the statement – has started to deploy special units on the borders of Southern Kurdistan by helicopters. Intense military deployment is an indication of a land operation. Ten thousands of soldiers are stationed on the border line. The area around the position of soldiers is being constantly bombarded by helicopters,” the statement said.
“Intense activities are also going on at the Amediye and Bamerne military headquarters of the Turkish army which are inside the borders of Southern Kurdistan. In the meantime, assaults by military aircraft and daily bombardments continue uninterrupted,” the statement added.
The KNK points out that as a result of the Turkish intensive bombardments of Kurdistan by Turkish warplanes which has continued to date, at least 4 civilian Kurdish villagers including children have been killed and 8 people have been wounded. Hundreds of families had to leave their homes. Gardens and the fields where the animals of the villagers grazed have been badly damaged. Turkish and Iranian war planes are continuing to target civilian people outside their borders.
“It is clear from the security meetings of the Turkish state – adds the statement – that the state has decided to intensify the dirty war. The Turkish state claims that it will bring peace and tranquility to the area while it does not recognise the rights and liberties of 20 million Kurds living within its borders, and annihilates anybody that resists the implementation of this policy. While this is how it wants to be known abroad, the state is carrying out a dirty war against the Kurds within its borders. Turkish state authorities that have been meeting in security summits have decided to embark on stepping up the dirty war.”
The statement calls on “the UN, EU and USA to take action against Turkey, against its military operations that mean the violation of international laws