Airstrike on Kurdish smugglers near the Turkish-Iraqi border
Roboski incident
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Funeral procession of the victims
Type
Aerial attack
Location
Uludere, Şırnak Province, Turkey
Target
PKK Kurdish smugglers [1]
Date
December 28, 2011 (2011-12-28) 9:37 pm (UTC+02:00)
Executed by
Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon
Casualties
34[2] killed
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The Roboski Incident (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 were mistakenly thought to be members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[5]
^"Türk Hava Kuvvetleri PKK Yerine Kaçakçıları Bombaladı".
^ abConcerns 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.
^ abBeaumont, 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.
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