Since October 7, 2023, Mardin Artuklu University has demonstrated its opposition to the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza through physical protests, press releases, boycott campaigns, graffiti art on campus walls, and "Gaza Street" events. It has kept the Palestinian people's resistance and the memory of the genocide alive.

The university has also demonstrated its opposition to Zionism through academic studies that sparked the epistemic al-Aqsa Flood and has voiced this opposition on every academic platform. Now, with the Gaza Genocide Memorial built in the heart of the campus, this stance has been immortalized and the university's commitment to Gaza has been reinforced.

It has been stated that the monument placed on the university campus was made by artist Sümeyra Doğru Karacadağ and that the monument, which symbolizes the silent witness of the genocide, has been completed after 40 days of intensive work.

Artist Sümeyra Doğru Karacadağ has noted that:

“The Gaza Genocide Memorial symbolizes a genocide memorial that bears witness to the moment when a child stops a bullet with his knees by the power of faith and innocence. A silent yet shocking symbol of resistance emerged in place of the lives targeted. The bullet, covered in steel balls, takes the form of the Palestinian flag at every point it scatters across the earth. This symbolizes the surge of faith and resistance where justice remains silent. It is the rise of a silent yet shocking resistance in place of the lives targeted.

Artist Karacadağ has also emphasized that the Turkish and Palestinian flags placed on the inner surface of the two wings of the angel form in the work represent a spiritual shield against oppression, stating that everybody falling to the ground increases the faith of the people and that every martyrdom becomes a moment of disappointment for the occupation.

MAU Rector Prof. Dr. İbrahim Özcoşar expressed the university's sensitive stance towards Gaza with the following words:

"We have always stood against the genocide and human tragedy perpetrated by Israel in Palestine and Gaza. We have taken a stance against this oppression through our physical protests, our campus work that raise the consciences of our students, and our academic work. This Gaza Genocide Memorial, which we have added to our Gaza-sensitive campus, is dedicated to the children who were massacred and subjected to genocide in Gaza, the very heart of oppression".

Sculptor Sümeyra Doğru Karacadağ, who contributes her work to the annual Gaza Street events held on the MAU campus, continued her support this year with the Gaza Genocide Memorial. Rector Prof. Dr. İbrahim Özcoşar presented her with a certificate of appreciation for her contributions.