Şehriban Aslan/JINHA

AMED - Lice, where the state has burned and demolished many times, gives a clear message that it will continue to resist against the state's genocidal attacks. 80-year old Müzeyyen Pektaş, who experienced all kinds of the state's atrocity in 1990s, emphasizes that she won't leave her rebuilt home even if it hasn't windows and doors.

The state carried out its destruction, denial and assimilation policies in North Kurdistan in 1990s. It applied inhuman practices towards Kurdish people such as custodial torture, unsolved murders, burning villages and displacement policies. 80-year-old Müzeyyen Pektaş, who lives in Comlaş (Daralan) village of Diyarbakır's Lice district, witnessed the the state's violence against Kurdish people in 1990s. Müzeyyen didn't leave her village despite all the state's oppressions in 1990s. After 26 years, Müzeyyen is facing the same practices again. Müzeyyen lives in a house without windows, doors and stuff. She stays with her son in winter. She stays in her home, which she cannot rebuild due to financial difficulty, in spring, autumn and summer months.

Müzeeyen said that the state tortured the people in the villages almost everyday in 1990s. She said, "Soldiers turned our village into arsenal. Soldiers raided our home everyday. They took us from home to village square every morning. They told us, "We'll kill you". One morning, they took us to village square again. We understood that they would kill us that tiem. A commander came and he didn't let them to kill us while we were waiting to be killed.

"Many people were killed in our village. They beat us everyday. Our homes were burned; we couldn't get out from our homes when they burned the homes. We stayed at homes for days. We thought that if we die, we would die in our lands."

Müzeyyen and her family didn't leave their village even though their village was burned. They insisted on stay in their village despite all difficulties they faced. Müzeyyen said, "We have had financial difficulties since our village and home were burned. We lived in hovels and finally we built a home; however, still we cannot complete our home due to financial difficulties. The state oppressed us, it continues to oppress on Kurdish people. We will never leave our villages, lands and homes no matter what happens."

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