Turkish gov't to pay 123,000 Liras for each bombing victim
Hürriyet
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The families of the 34 Uludere victims will receive compensation of 123,000 Turkish Liras for each victim, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said today during a party meeting.Thirty-four villagers had been killed in a Turkish military air raid along the Iraqi border on the night of Dec. 28, 2011. The assault, which utilized F-16s and unmanned aerial vehicles, was conducted near the Ortasu village of Uludere in the southeastern province of Şırnak.
The victims included village guards and students, who were making a living out of smuggling, which was very common in the area. Twenty-eight of the 34 victims were from the same family.
The cross-border air raid was launched to target the PKK following intelligence that terrorist groups had gathered in preparation for attacks on military outposts and bases at the border.
