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A look at Turkey and Kurdish regions in 2021

Roboski massacre, Turkey

Our correspondent Hatice Kamer looks back at events took place in 2021 in Turkey and the Kurdish regions in Turkey! Also in the report is the Roboski massacre which took place on December 28, 2011, near the Iraq-Turkey border, when the Turkish Air Force bombed a group of Kurdish civilians who had been involved in smuggling gasoline and cigarettes, killing 34, 27 of them being from the Encu family. According to a statement of the Turkish Air Force the group were mistakenly thought to be members of PKK.


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By Hatice Kamer

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Our correspondent Hatice Kamer looks back at events took place in 2021 in Turkey and the Kurdish regions in Turkey! Also in the report is the Roboski massacre which took place on December 28, 2011, near the Iraq-Turkey border, when the Turkish Air Force bombed a group of Kurdish civilians who had been involved in smuggling gasoline and cigarettes, killing 34, 27 of them being from the Encu family. According to a statement of the Turkish Air Force the group were mistakenly thought to be members of PKK.



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