They talked about a Turkmen girl of 13 [or] 14 years old being gang-raped [by IS members] while being filmed, and then she was hung to death from an electric pole. They told me stories about the kind of violence the Turkmens face,”
Ihsanoglu said. “They are there with no water or food. They have no place to sleep. Yet, there is no word here in Turkey about them, and we keep talking only about Gaza.”
Kara also repeatedly told Al-Monitor that the aid provided through Kizilay, Turkey’s Red Crescent, is not enough. “We’re betrayed by the Kurds. They don’t allow us into Erbil. We don’t have any sense of safety here,” Kara said. “It’s difficult to go south toward Najaf, Basra [and other places]. But those who make it tell us that they are at least welcomed there.