Cemile was not at AKP meeting

According to Turkish European Union Minister Ali Haydar Konca, during the week-long curfew in southeastern Cizre at least 20 people lost their lives, though the prime minister of the country apparently wanted to believe no one was hurt. The premier, fighting for his own political survival, was obviously uninformed of the saga of little Cemile.

Her mother claimed 10-year-old Cemile was playing on the doorstep of their house when a sniper shot her in the head. Their call for an ambulance was left unanswered and family members and others were scared of carrying her lifeless body to the morgue at the hospital as there was a curfew, nor could she be laid to rest as everyone was scared to go out because of snipers on rooftops. For more than 48 hours her lifeless little body was kept in the deepfreeze until "big people" in Ankara intervened, deputies contacted the government and she was carried to the morgue.

Whatever the problem might be and irrespective of how determined the security forces were to clean the city from separatist terrorists and the civilian extensions who declared "self-rule," the state ought to be affectionate to its citizens, particularly to the Cemiles and other juniors. Now that the week-long curfew is over and people are able to tell their stories, the entire country is listening to firsthand accounts of the dirty war in the city.

From the moment the curfew was lifted, separatist terrorists became active in the city again, staging heinous attacks as if the week-long ordeal could not eradicate their devilish capabilities.

Back in Ankara during the weekend convention of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), neither 10-year-old Cemile nor the architect of the frozen peace process were present. Cemile was...