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World Children’s Day: Uğur Kaymaz was 12 when he was murdered by soldiers

Posted on November 21, 2020November 23, 2020 By Centre Kurde Genève

Uğur Kaymaz was murdered along with his father in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey on 21 November 2004. Kaymaz was shot dead by soldiers. He was only 12 years old when he died. Thirteen bullets were found in his dead body. His mother, Makbule Kaymaz, was interviewed on the 16th year anniversary of her son’s murder. “Nothing has changed in Turkey since the murder of Uğur and the state still continues killing children”, she said.

The murder took place in front of the family home. Uğur was wearing slippers on his feet at the time of his death. Thirteen bullets were found in his body and eight bullets were found in his father’s body, as the autopsy revealed.

The governor of Mardin said after the murder that terrorists were involved in planning an attack. To support this claim, a Kalashnikov was placed next to the bodies and the scene was photographed. The gun was almost bigger than the twelve-year-old body.

It was only through the efforts of the family that an investigation was finally opened. As usual in such cases, the perpetrators were protected by the Turkish judiciary.

For Uğur’s mother, Makbule Kaymaz, the pain is unforgettable even 16 years later. “He was murdered with his father on the doorstep of our house for no reason. The perpetrators have never been held accountable, ”she said.

“After Uğur, Ceylan Önkol, Enes Ata, Berkin Elvan and so many other children were murdered. Nothing has changed in these 16 years,” she added.

A memorial to Uğur Kaymaz and his father Ahmet erected in Kiziltepe has been demolished on the orders of the administrator of the district town, and a clock tower has been erected instead.

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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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