The terrorists poured gasoline down the staircase and lit it.
That would have been bad enough, but the building violated Turkish fire codes, with no external fire escapes. High loss of life among the shoppers.
When?
I’m not defending Terrorists. I have mixed feelings about PKK.
I hear both sides from my Kurd friends.
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These are sobering pictures. It is clearly genocide.
“Damning UN report slams Turkey, revealing the extent of its anti-Kurdish war”
It is not just Kurds. For the past 100+ years Turks have exterminated, massacred and plundered minorities. It is a fact, and not once have they admitted it.
Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Alevi, Kurds, Ezidi and more. It is a fact.
And now Erdogan the Islamist is Dictator of Turkey. The Kemalist are somewhat paralyzed by the Faux Coup, had they intended a coup, it would have succeeded. (I’m no fan of the Kemalist either)
More authoritative than an article:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Report on the human rights situation in South - East Turkey
(for) July 2015 to December 2016
(published) February 2017
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/TR/OHCHR_South-East_TurkeyReport_10March2017.pdf
(I have little confidence in the UN solving problems, but documenting abuses is an important function.)