Zeynep Akın/JINHA

ÊLIH - Women who had to move from Shengal to Batman (a city in the southeast of Turkey) because of the attacks of Daesh commented on the liberation of Shengal. They said that the YPG ( the People's Defence Forces) and the YPJ (the Women's Defence Forces) have been with them since Daesh started to attack them and that they are learning the struggle from them.

Yezidi woman Wense Xelef (25) said,”We never want to leave Shengal and we won’t. Shengal is the most beautiful country in the world and we want to go back there. We as Yezidi want the YBŞ [Shingal Resistance Unit] to get more strong.”

Rabha Naif (20) said, “I am sending my endless thanks to the PKK for liberating Shengal. As Yezidis, we have been massacred 73 times and we won’t be massacred 74 times. Yezidi people have been defeated but they will never succeed in that.”

“We are learning many things from YPG/YPJ. We learned how women can fight against their enemies,” said Tırkan Êzidî (24). “YPG and YPJ came to save us on the mountains. We want to join them.They liberated Shengal and we know they will save Yezidi women from Daesh. We trust them.”

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