They appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the investigations revealed that in spite of Turkey's claims there were no clashes in the area.
Turkish Air Force military aircraft and a helicopter circled both villages and started to bomb them.
Some people received direct hits and some were trapped under the rubble of the houses that were destroyed in the bombing.
[1] Later the Turkish Armed Forces soldiers blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and used the incident as a propaganda.
[1][7][8] According to the court, blaming the PKK for crimes like this was back then common act by Turkish government.