Is Turkey safe for Kurds?
Saturday, 14 January 2012 The Kurdish Globe By Mehmed Sabri Akgönül Investigations continue, but the damage is irreversible The Roboski massacre will not be the last mass killing as Turkey moves forward with its new war strategy against the PKK. On 28 December 2011, Turkish Military Forces (TSK) used F16's, killing 35 Kurdish villagers who were allegedly smuggling gas and tea from Iraqi Kurdistan. They were returning to Roboski village linked to Qilaban (in Turkish Uludere), in the district of Shirnak, close to the Iraqi border. The Diyarbakir chief prosecutor's office launched an investigation, and on 8 January 2012, Gendarmerie Col. Hussein Onur Guney, Deputy Commander of the Gulyazı (in Kurdish Bujeh) Border Regiment, was removed from his post by the Turkish Interior Ministry. This is yet to be announced formally. Turkish military authorities claimed that the road was bombed because it was known as the Kurdistan Workers, Party's (PKK) transit road, and frequent