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Turkish soldiers attack graveyard and a mausoleum in Hasankeyf

Posted on May 25, 2020June 4, 2020 By Centre Kurde Genève

The Turkish state systematically targets graveyards and tombs but this time destroyed a mausoleum and tombs in the village of Günesli in Hasankeyf. The Turkish flag was hung on the trees in the graveyard.

The graveyard in the village of Günesli (Semse) in Hasankeyf, province of Batman had already been attacked. The graves that were previously destroyed by armored vehicles were once again attacked by the Turkish state.

According to the information received, the soldiers hung the Turkish flag on the trees in the graveyard. Not content with this act of desrespect, the soldiers also destroyed Sheikh Ibrahim Mausoleum, which is considered a holy place in the region.

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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