‘They shot in Dılşah’s hopes and immaculate smile’

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Zehra Doğan/JINHA

MÊRDİN – Gülşah Ak (50) was killed by state forces on February 20 in Nusaybin. Her sister Halife Yıldırım told us her sister, “My sister had faith in life after self-government declared. She loved her lands like all Kurds. The cost of loving lands is death. My sister joined the immortals who costed death. They shot in her hopes and immaculate smile.”

Gülşah (Dılşah) Ak (50) was killed in front of her sister home near Seyitler mosque in the Abdulkadirpaşa neighborhood of the besieged town of Nusaybin yesterday. Sevgi Ak (10) was taking her mother hand while state forces opened fire on them. Sevgi was wounded and she was taken to Nusaybin State Hospital. Sevgi was discharged from the hospital. Gülşah’s sister Hafife Yıldırım was in front of the her home’s door and she was a witness to the massacre. Hafife said that armored vehicles took position near her home and they opened fire on her sister and sister’s daughter. “They are trying to find a way to cover the incident. I witnessed the massacre. I saw the incident with my eyes. The state killed my sister.” said Hafife.

Hafife said that her sister with her daughter went out from her home in the Yenituran neighborhood to visit her. “My sister had visited me many times. Special forces had seen her many times whenever she had visited me. She was coming to visit me again. She ringed the doorbell. They opened fire on them as I was about to open the door. They killed my sister under my eyes.” said Hafife.
Mother of six, Gülşah Ak (50)’s blood trails are still on the ground of her sister’ home. “My sister loved her lands like every Nusaybin people.” said Gülşah’s sister. Hafife said that going outside where her sister killed, is the greatest torture for her.
Gülşah’s family chosed to resist against Hizbulkontra(Hezbollah) and the state’s oppression in 1990s like every family in Nusaybin. 15 members of her family lost their lifes in the Kurds’s struggle. Meanwhile, Gülşah’s husband is sick. Sos he had to raise her six children herself.

“My sister dedicated her life for her children. She was a quiet, smiling woman. She was a a quiet peaceful and warm-hearted woman. She didn’t talk to anybody. She loved her husband and children. She didn’t talk to anybody except me. She was a Kurdish woman and that’s enough for the state to kill one. My sister didn’t do anything. She told me that she had liked the Kurdish culture.”said Hafife.

Hafife said that they had experienced the state’s oppression. “I haven’t seen my son for 25 years. They vanished my son without a trace. On the top of it, they killed my sister under my eyes. I have the greatest pain. They killed my sister in front of my home. They are still waiting outside of my home. am suffering when I heard their voice."

(gc/gd)