Ortasu
| Ortasu | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Şırnak | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Uludere | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 21 ' N , 43 ° 0' E | |||
| Residents : | 1,209 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 486 | |||
| Postal code : | 30300 | |||
| License plate : | 73 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2010) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Haşim Encü | |||
Ortasu ( Kurdish : Robozkê ) is a Kurdish village in the Uludere district of the Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey . In 2010 the village had a total of 954 inhabitants. The original name was Robozik.
Sources of income for the villagers are smuggling and the village protection system .
Ortasu gained national fame on December 28, 2011 through a tragic event in which 34 villagers between the ages of 13 and 38 were killed by shelling of Turkish fighter planes. The villagers were on a smuggling tour with mules when the Turkish army attacked them. The army stated that the group was mistakenly believed to be a PKK unit. But there are numerous indications that speak against this claim, including a. the fact that a Turkish drone had watched the group for four hours prior to the attack, from their departure from Ortasu village. A local army commander later stated that prior to the bombing, he would have confirmed to those responsible that the people were harmless if only asked. A MP from the ruling AKP party, however, stated that it could only be a disaster “because the Turkish state would not intentionally kill its own citizens”. A final report is pending, leading to disagreements and accusations between the government and the opposition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ yerelnet.org.tr (Turkish)
- ↑ Sevan Nişanyan : Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 294
- ↑ Daily newspaper Radikal from January 1, 2012 (Turkish)
- ↑ Daily newspaper Radikal of December 30, 2011 (Turkish)
- ↑ Smugglers killed instead of PKK fighters . ntv on November 29, 2011
- ↑ a b c Christiane Schlötzer: Scorched Earth. Exactly two years ago the Turkish military killed 34 smugglers, many of them children. A journey into the deep night, to the border with Iraq . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 30, 2013, p. 3.