Turkish border guards have stopped civilians traveling with the Alan Kurdi convoy from entering the city of Kobani, witnesses have told Rudaw. A witness said a large number of Alan supporters are standing outside their vehicles on both sides of a major road that connects Turkey and Syria. “It is our right to accompany the bodies of our loved ones to Kobani and bury them,” said a Kurdish politician and member of the Syria Kurdish National Council who was stopped at the border. He said that the solution to the crisis in Syria is to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “We cannot tell people not to leave and migrate to Europe,” he said. “But we must improve the conditions at home for everyone, Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen.” Many in the crowd are reportedly Kobani natives who now live in Turkey. Even these supporters have been denied to enter Kobani. A man who stood on the side of the road, hoping to join the burial ceremony in Kobani, decried Alan’s tragic story. “What is the sin of children like him to die like this? These children should have a normal life and be in school instead.”
