News Center- The Turkish attacks on the Martyr Rustem Cudi Camp (Makhmour Refugee Camp) continue. Every day, Turkish drones fly over the camp. Turkish drones keep targeting civilians in the camp.

On October 7, Turkish drones targeted a mosque inside the camp. A woman and two children were injured in the attack. On October 13, Turkish drones targeted a house inside the camp, injuring a woman. On October 17, Turkish drones targeted a vehicle belonging to a family from the Makhmour refugee camp near the Koye town of Erbil. A young person identified as Dilovan İşlek was killed and three women were injured in the attack.

Embargo on the camp

Since the killing of Osman Köse, member of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization working at the Turkish Consulate in Erbil, on July 17, 2019, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has imposed an embargo on the camp. Since the beginning of the embargo, eight civilians have been killed in the camp.

CPT: 10 civilians were killed

According to the statement released by the Community Peacemaker Teams, 10 civilians were killed and 12 civilians were injured in the Turkish bombardments on the camp from January 1 to October 17, 2023.