Roboskî, mon amour

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By Bülent Gündüz

On December 28th 2011, 34 Kurdish villagers (among them 19 children) were killed by Turkish aviation at Roboski, a village on the Iraqi border, Uludere district, Northern Kurdistan. Turkish government stated that these villagers were supposed to be 'terrorists.

Quite immediately after the tragedy, the director went to Roboski with some friend film makers in the aim to express his condolences to the families.

One year later, he comes back with his friend and are arrested by police. In spite of this, they successes to reach the village and decided to film this sad story in the aim to break the silence.