JINHA

ŞIRNEX - "We don't leave Şırnak. We'll resist to the end. If there isn't home, we'll stay in tent. If there isn't tent, we'll live in the streets. Our children will continue to resist when we die." said Hatice Cihan, one of Şırnak people had been forced to migrate to neighboring towns after "curfew" declared in Şırnak.

Displaced women say that the resistance is not without reason on the 111st day of genocidal attacks in Şırnak. Women say that they want to return to Şırnak everytime. Hatice Cihan has continued her life in Güçlükonak hot springs after being forced to leave Şırnak. "We are 300 families here, and we are looking forward Şırnak to be opened." Said Hatice by expressing how she misses her homeland.

Hatice noted that young people were killed on the pretexy of self-government's resistance. "Hurşit Külter was an executive of the DBP (the Democratic Regions Party). No one has any news from him more than one month. We demand Hurşit to be given his family right away. We'll never forget our killed young people.

"The people those who have demolished our cities, shouldn't think we will surrender. This resistance is a reaction of people against oppression. We'll resist until the attacks on us are ended. We'll resist a more century, but we won't surrender. They tried to stop our resistance by using our young people as an excuse. Our resistance isn't for property or goods, it is for our lands. We'll resist for our lands to the end. If there isn't home, we'll stay in tent. If there isn't tent, we'll live in the streets. Our children will continue to resist when we die."

Hazne Kabul is another displaced citizen. Hazne stated that she has lived in Güçlükonak for three months. She said, "We don't expect anything from the state. I live here with my 10 children. We have been far away from our hometown for three months. If the ban is lifted in Şırnak, we'll return to Şırnak tomorrow. We want to return our lands. No one ask us to leave our lands. We just left our lands to protect our small children; otherwise, we wouldn't leave our children who resist there.

"We don't want our children die anymore. This resistance is not without reason. I send my children to Turkish school. I have right to have education in my native language. We live on the same lands; however, they try to assimilate to them. When we refuse that, they begin to kill us. This is only a reason of this resistance. We want to be free; we want our children to be free. If my children cannot live freely in Turkey, if they are subjected to racist attacks in this country, no one can tell us one language and one flag."

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