Roboski massacre

Roboski massacre
Roboski massacre
Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
	Funeral procession of the victims
Location	Uludere, Şırnak Province, Turkey
Date	December 28, 2011 ; 9:37 pm (UTC+02:00)
Target	PKK; Kurdish smugglers
Attack type	Aerial attack
Weapon	F-16 Fighting Falcon
Deaths	34
Perpetrators	Turkish Air Force Yaşar Güler; Hulusi Akar; Necdet Özel;

The Roboski massacre (Kurdish: Komkujiya Roboskî), also known as the Uludere airstrike,^[3]^[4] took place on December 28, 2011, at Ortasu, Uludere 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.^[5]^[2]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] According to a statement of the Turkish Air Force, the group was mistaken for members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).^[5]

^ "Türk Hava Kuvvetleri PKK Yerine Kaçakçıları Bombaladı".
^ ^a ^b Concerns raised about obscuring evidence in Uludere killings Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Kurds and Turkey:". The Economist. June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
^ "US Defense: "No comment about intelligence in Roboski massacre", Turkey denies report on U.S. help". Ekurd.net. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Beaumont, Peter (December 29, 2011). "Turkish air strikes kill dozens of smugglers near Iraq border". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
^ "State crime in Turkey: the Roboski Massacre". openDemocracy. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^ "Uludere'de Sağ Kurtulan Encü Anlattı". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
^ "Questions grow over Uludere intel failure". Hürriyet Daily News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
^ "35 Tabuta Kilometrelerce Gözyaşı". Haberler (in Turkish). December 30, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

[1] "Türk Hava Kuvvetleri PKK Yerine Kaçakçıları Bombaladı".

[zaman-2] Concerns raised about obscuring evidence in Uludere killings Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "The Kurds and Turkey:". The Economist. June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.

[4] "US Defense: "No comment about intelligence in Roboski massacre", Turkey denies report on U.S. help". Ekurd.net. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.

[:0-5] Beaumont, Peter (December 29, 2011). "Turkish air strikes kill dozens of smugglers near Iraq border". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2012.

[:1-6] "State crime in Turkey: the Roboski Massacre". openDemocracy. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

[ah2-7] "Uludere'de Sağ Kurtulan Encü Anlattı". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

[hdn12-8] "Questions grow over Uludere intel failure". Hürriyet Daily News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

[h2-9] "35 Tabuta Kilometrelerce Gözyaşı". Haberler (in Turkish). December 30, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

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