There are around 13 thousand people living in Makhmur. The camp was set up in the ‘90s when Kurdish people were forced to flee from their houses bombed and burned down by the Turkish army.
On Thursday evening Turkish warplanes bombed Martyr Rustem Cudi (Makhmur) refugee camp. Four people fell as martyrs after the attack.
The people of Makhmur reacted to the vile attack with a protest action. Thousands of people gathered together and Makhmur People's Council Co-chair Huseyin Kara made a statement.
"National unity should be built against the attacks of the enemy," he said adding: “Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's call for national unity should be answered.”
Kara condemned the brutal attacks of the Turkish state on behalf of the People’s Council. “Everyone should rise against these brutal attacks carried out by the Turkish state, and everyone should comply with their patriotic duties. We invite all Kurdish forces, parties and organizations to national unity.”
Kara stressed that the Turkish state bombed Makhmur camp crossing the border by over 300 km and reminded that a similar air strike had been carried out at around the same time last year, killing some people.
Kara said everyone was silent to these attacks and added that the Turkish state feels safe to strike precisely because of this silence.
“This new brutal attack on Makhmur - said Kara - showed once again the true face of the AKP-MHP government. We have 4 martyrs. The Iraqi state and the United Nations [officially responsible for the camp] must fulfil their responsibility.”
There are around 13 thousand people living in Makhmur. The camp was set up in the ‘90s when Kurdish people were forced to flee from their houses bombed and burned down by the Turkish army.
