“We do not want military jurisdiction” campaign has been launched by the families of 34 Kurdish civilians who were massacred by Turkish warplanes in the village of Roboski in Şırnak's Uludere district on 28 December 2011.

Families launched the campaign, led by peace activists İbrahim Yaylalı and Meral Geylani, to protest against the chief public prosecutor's office of Diyarbakır for ruling the ongoing Roboski case out of its jurisdiction and transferring the case to the military prosecutor of the chief of General Staff.

Speaking to the press in the graveyard of 34 victims, Meral Geylani said that the government has given no answer to the families' demand for peace and disclosure of the truth on the massacre.

Geylani noted that signatures collected in the campaign would be sent to Turkish President Abdullah Gül and President of Turkey's Assembly Cemil Çiçek. She called on everyone to support the campaign in order to prevent the government's attacks on Roboski families and to ensure a fair trial of the Roboski case.

A delegation of Peace Council of Turkey was also in Roboski on September 1, International Day of Peace, to share the pains of Roboski families and to support their fight for justice.

Following a meeting with Roboski families on 31 August, the delegation visited the graveyard of 34 people, accompanied by the families and relatives of the victims.

Speaking here, the Council's Spokesperson Hakan Tınmaz commented Roboski massacre as the greatest breakup Turkey has experienced in recent years, and underlined that the road to a solution of the Kurdish question only lied in Roboski. Tınmaz remarked that the tears of mothers will not end and the Kurdish issue will not be resolved unless the state faces Roboski massacre and heals this bleeding wound.

Speaking on behalf of Roboski families, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) party council member Ferhat Encü said that the Turkish state has taken no step to realize justice for Roboski since the massacre took place 613 days ago. Encü remarked that Roboski families continued to be attacked with repression and threats in response to their demand for justice.

"We are aware of the fact that peace is an honorable urgent need in Kurdistan and Turkey to make sure that no other massacres like Roboski take place once again.