Erdogan va dir que "Cada avortament és un Uludere", en clara referència a la matança d'Uludere o Roboski, denominació kurda de la regió, on 34 civils kurds van ser assassinats per la Força Aèria Turca per accident, quan creuaven la frontera de contraban i van ser confosos amb terroristes.
Erdogan said “Every abortion is an Uludere” by mentioning the Uludere or Roboski, as known in Kurdish, where 34 Kurdish civilian were killed by Turkish Air Force by an accident, while civilians were passing the border for smuggling and mistaken for terrorists by mistake.