By Ozgur Ayaydin
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey
An 11-month-old baby was the latest victim of PKK terrorist organization which has killed, injured and disabled hundreds of children in its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey.
Mustafa Bedirhan Karakaya and his mother Nurcan Karakaya were martyred in a roadside bombing by the PKK terrorist organization in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province.
The bomb went off when a car carrying the civilians passed through the Yuksekova district.
The woman died on the spot, while the 11-month-old child succumbed to his wounds at the Yuksekova Public Hospital.
The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including women and children.
The image of 3-year-old Serkan Erdem, who was killed by the PKK in 1993 in southeastern Siirt province along with 22 people, showed the cruel face of terror to the world.
Jailed ringleader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, was engraved in people's memory as "baby killer" following the release of this image.
In 2017, PKK kills Eren Bulbul
A 15-year-old boy was martyred by PKK terrorists in northern Turkey. Eren Bulbul died from gunshot wounds sustained as he helped gendarmes track PKK members in Macka, a town 22 kilometers (14 miles) south of the Black Sea province of Trabzon.
- Some sneaky attacks of PKK terrorist organization
- Eight people, including six children, were executed by a firing squad in Nusaybin district of southeastern Mardin province on March 7, 1987.
- Thirty people, including 16 children, were killed in a PKK attack in Omerli district of Mardin on June 20, 1987.
- Nine people, including 7 children from the same family and two women, were killed in Midyat district of Mardin in July, 1987.
- A total of 25 civilians, including two babies, lost their lives in a PKK attack in Eruh district of southeastern Siirt province on Aug. 19, 1987. Fourteen of them were under the age of 18.
- Ciftekavak Massacre (Sept. 21, 1987): 5 women -- two of them pregnant -- and four children killed in PKK raid on a village in southeastern Sirnak province.
- Cobandere Massacre (Oct. 10, 1987): 13 people killed, most of them the elderly, women, or children in Sirnak.
- Eleven people, including eight children from the same family and two women were killed by PKK in Taskoyu town in Mardin on May 9, 1988.
- The PKK killed 10 people, including 8 children, in a raid on the houses of two village guards in southeastern Batman province on June 22, 1992.
- Thirty people, including eight children, were killed in southeastern Bitlis province on Oct. 1, 1992.
- PKK terrorists raided houses in Hani district of southeastern Diyarbakir province on Nov. 9, 1992 and 12 people, including four children and four women, were killed.
- Van-Sunduz Massacre (June 18, 1993): 24 people were killed, including 14 children.
- A total of 21 people, including 11 children, were killed after PKK terrorists attacked Ormancik and Akyurek towns of Savur district in Mardin on Jan. 21, 1994.
- Twelve people were killed in a rocket attack in Gurpinar district of eastern Van province on July 24, 1995.
- PKK targets students
A total of seven people, including six students, were killed after PKK detonated a bomb-laden vehicle in front of a private teaching institution while a military vehicle passed in Diyarbakir on June 3, 2008.
The PKK also targeted educational institutions. In 2011, a masked group set off fireworks at a primary school in Kiziltepe district of Mardin. No casualties were reported.
The terrorists fired molotov cocktails at a dormitory on May 27, 2011. Three students were injured after a fire broke out following the attack.
- Treacherous attacks in cities
Istanbul-Gungoren Massacre (July 27, 2008): Two separate explosives planted by PKK terrorists claimed 17 lives, including four children in Gungoren district; 154 others were also injured.
In 2009, terrorists threw molotov cocktails at a bus in Bagcilar district of Istanbul. 17-year old Serap Eser succumbed to her wounds at a hospital.
In 2010, a total of nine people, including a 2-year-old boy and an 11-month-old baby, were killed in a mine attack in Hakkari. Four people were also injured during the attack.
- Newborn dies after mother
In 2011, PKK terrorists opened fire at a car in Batman and a pregnant woman and her daughter died in the attack. The baby was delivered through a C-Section, but only managed to live for another day. The father and one of his daughters were severely injured in the attack.
In eastern Bingol province, a mother prevented a suicide bomber from blowing up. She could not stop the explosion but managed to prevent a bigger tragedy. The mother and her son died in the incident and a total of 21 people were wounded.
- Children distributing food aid killed
Oct. 6-7, 2014: Two police officers and 31 civilians were killed by PKK terrorists following the incidents which started with the call of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). A total of 221 civilians and 139 police officers were also wounded.
16-year-old Yasin Boru and his two friends, who were distributing food aid, were among the killed, on the fourth day of Eid al-Adha.
- Teenager killed in PKK attack
On Aug. 30, 2015, 13-year-old Firat Simpil in Silvan district was killed in a roadside bomb blast blamed on the PKK terror group in Diyarbakir. The explosive device was believed to have been placed to target a military vehicle.
On Sept. 28, 2015, 9-year-old Elif Simsek died after a rocket fired by PKK terrorists on an armed police vehicle missed its target and hit her apartment building instead in Diyarbakir's Bismil district.
On Sept. 12, 2015, two children were seriously injured in the southeastern province of Mardin after an explosive was left by PKK terrorists on the children’s house roof; 9-year-old Tahsin Uray, one of the two children injured, succumbed to his injuries at Kiziltepe Hospital later.
On Dec. 25, 2015, four children were wounded in an attack on the Sirnak Cultural Center and Public Library in southeastern Turkey.
- PKK terrorists kill 5-month-old baby
Six people, including a 5-month-old baby, were killed in a vehicle bombing in Cinar district of Diyarbakir, where also 39 people were injured.
On March 13, 2016, the PKK terrorists attacked capital Ankara's central Kizilay square using a bomb-laden car; 36 people were killed, 125 others injured. Among the wounded was 6-month pregnant Songul Yilmaz and her baby was the youngest victim of the terrorists.
On April 13, 2016, 4-year-old Hidayet Tek was killed after an improvised device explosion in Turkey's southeastern province of Sirnak.
A 5-year-old Viyan Kanat was killed on July 10, 2016 at an attack perpetrated by PKK terrorists in Cukurca district of Hakkari.
On Aug. 11, 2017, baby Ceylin Naz Aydin was killed in a bomb attack in Diyarbakir.
- Child martyrs' names honored at parks
Hani City Municipality of Diyarbakir honored names of the child martyrs and six parks named in memory of Bilgehan Sapkaci, Viyan Kanat, Ceylin Naz Aydin, Yasin Boru, Mevlude Irem Ciftci and Ecrin Acikgoz.
