The group also abandoned its previous strategy of attacking Kurdish civilians, focusing instead on government and tourist targets.
The Kurdish civilians who died had the misfortune to be caught up in that exchange.
Kurdish civilians wandered the roads to steal from Arab villages.
An estimated 5,000 Kurdish civilians died in that attack.
The measure was taken amid German outrage over attacks on Kurdish civilians.
Beginning with 1996 organization abandoned its previous strategy of attacking Kurdish civilians which it claimed to be government pupets.
The recapture helped spur the exodus of Kurdish civilians in April.
Others asserted that they saw soldiers mistreat Kurdish civilians.
You gave orders to the troops to kill Kurdish civilians and put them in severe conditions.
Turkey is conducting major air strikes against Kurdish civilians within its borders.