Turkey is preparing to carry the war to outside its borders
After the skirmish that took place between Kurdish guerrillas and Turkish army on 19.06.2010 in Semdinli district of Hakkari, the Turkish state 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 thousand soldiers are stationed on the border line. The area around the position of soldiers is being constantly bombarded by helicopters.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.
Turkish and Iranian war planes are continuing to target civilian people outside their borders.
On the evening of 10 May, a house in Benistan village of a town called Seladize in Duhok has been hit during the howitzer attacks from Cukurca to Southern Kurdistan. The house-owner named Rekan Huseyin Rekani (27) has been killed and his wife and 3 children named Bihar, Hesen and Huseyn had been wounded. The next door neighbour Kerim Sekir has also been wounded.
On 15 May, Yekame village in Xabur has been targeted during a heavy and uninterrupted bombardment. A villager named Izbat Temel has been wounded during these attacks.
A girl named Zahide Mihemed Mecid aged 15, who was in the field at the time has been killed as a result of the bomb explosions that targeted the civilian areas in Xakurke on 19 June, while sister Sexawan Mihemed Mecide aged 6 and mother Gelawej Mela Ehmedi aged 36 have been heavily wounded.
Military helicopters are combing the villages.
On 21 June 2010, military helicopters belonging to Turkey or Iran have been flying above the districts of Coman in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) such as Pirelok, Kani Res, Omer Xeyat, Gomdelawan, Weza, Enze, Kani Spi, Singure and Ciyaye Kotoye. It has been reported that there have been two more flights over the area during the day. Due to a fear of bombardments, the villagers have left their houses and taken shelter.
It is clear from the security meetings of the Turkish state that it has decided to intensify the dirty war.
The Turkish state claims that it will bring peace and tranquillity 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.
These decisions mean new deaths, suffering, massacres and injustices.
To the world public opinion and Kurdish people;
Every operation conducted by the Turkish army home and abroad further jeopardises the democratic resolution to the Kurdish question. It compels the peoples to bear grudges against one another.
This dirty war that means the violation of human rights and liberties as well as the violation of international laws should not be allowed to continue.
We call upon the Kurdish people in all four parts as well as the Kurdish parties to oppose the war and stand together in unity and solidarity.
We call upon the UN, EU and USA to take action against Turkey, against its military operations that mean the violation of international laws.
KNK Executive Council
