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BDP takes Uludere incident to International Criminal Court
Speaking at a news conference, Kaplan said the BDP had approached the ICC over the incident, in which the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) mistakenly launched an airstrike on a group of 34 civilians who were smuggling goods across Turkey's Iraqi border on Dec. 28, after identifying them as PKK terrorists.
The government later acknowledged that the victims were smugglers, not terrorists. The military issued a statement saying the warplanes had targeted the group based on intelligence that suggested a group of armed terrorists would be heading towards the Turkish border to stage attacks on the military.
Kaplan said the petition made to the ICC carried the signatures of BDP co-chairmen Selahattin Demirtaş and Gültan Kışanak.
At the press conference, Kaplan presented a copy of the photos, official records, political statements, news articles and autopsy reports of the victims, as well as information on their personal backgrounds, which were being handed to the ICC.
The BDP's petition also includes heavy criticisms of the Turkish judicial system, saying that only the international court can reveal those behind the incident.
The incident is described as a “massacre” in the BDP petition.
Uludere report is to be completed in 30 days
The investigation into the Uludere incident, in which 34 civilians were killed by a Turkish airstrike in late December as a result of false intelligence, will be presented to authorities in 30 days.
The investigation into the Uludere incident is being conducted by two chief inspectors appointed by the Interior Ministry and a colonel appointed by the Gendarmerie General Command. (JGK) They will complete the investigation and submit a report to the Presidency of the State Inspection within the next 30 days.
Gülyazı Border Regiment Deputy Commander Col. Hüseyin Onur Güney, who was removed from his post following the incident, has been appointed to a position in western Turkey.
Emine Erdoğan and deputies' spouses visit Uludere victims' mothers
Emine Erdoğan, the wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Şahin, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay's wife Yıldız Atalay and a number of deputies' spouses will meet grieving mothers of Uludere victims to express their sympathy and sorrow in the upcoming days.
Although the group was planning to go to Uludere on Wednesday, the day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the families of the victims were to be paid TL 123,000 each in compensation, they were forced to delay the visit due to the adverse weather conditions.
Interior Minister Beşir Atalay confirmed the planned visit and said: “We are not neglecting families of the Uludere victims and we will not. While the investigations are ongoing, we will continue to give moral support.”
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