The Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Health Commission has issued a statement calling on the Turkish authorities to immediately abandon its policy of obstructing the treatment of wounded people from Kobanê.  

The DTK Health Commission has issued a press statement regarding its work with injured and sick people from Kobanê and the obstructive approach of the Turkish authorities to their treatment. The statement noted that the great human resistance in Kobanê since the ISIS attacks began on 15 September has confounded all the policies of Turkey, which is seen by world public opinion to be supporting the ISIS gangs created by various powers.  

The DTK Health Commission statement added that it had been extremely difficult to set up the necessary facilities in order to treat those who have been wounded during the resistance against superior fire power and technology. It emphasised that the treatment meted out by Turkish police and soldiers to the wounded people arriving in Suruç from Kobanê was an unprecedented human tragedy.

The statement detailed the treatment suffered by the wounded from  Kobanê, including the taking of fingerprints, the wounded being taken to gendarme posts for statements regardless of their condition, the breaking down of hospital doors, the manhandling of patients and those accompanying them and raids on houses where the wounded are being treated. The statement emphasised that this treatment demonstrated the level of intolerance towards the people of Kobanê.

The Health Commission asked the authorities: “You say; ‘We are embracing 200,000 people and meeting their needs’, but how many people have you treated?  How many families have you assisted? How many tents, hospitals and schools have you provided?” The statement added that the answers to these questions would demonstrate that the state had not embraced 200,000 people, but had on the contrary seen them as enemies.

The Commission called on the authorities to ensure that patients received proper treatment as necessitated by respect for humanity, and to immediately abandon its unprecedented measures.