JINHA

ŞIRNEX - Cizre people have continued to rebuild their town where has been demolished by state forces. Women, who came to Cizre in solidarity with Cizre people, said, "We don't want this savagery. Everybody should be part of the solidarity in Cizre.

State forces uninterrupted attacked the Cizre district of Şırnak under the name of "curfew". The curfew has continued at intervals in the town. It has been imposed at nights. The damage, destruction and brutality by state forces came to light. Cizre people have resisted against state forces savagery sicne 1990 and they are trying to overcome these savagery. The people began to rearrange their homes. The people, who are slowly healling their wounds, need the most solidarity during this period. As after the ban was lifted, Solidarity Association of Rojava went to the town and began to work there. Many citizens, who came from different cities of Turkey, came to town to support the Association.

Özlem Bayraktutan is one of them. Özlem stated that she came from Istanbul to be in solidarity. She said, "They need people who work voluntarily. A town has been demolished so they need everything. I went to Kobane. Cizre's situation is worse than Kobane. Everbody must support these people in Cizre like they did for Kobane."

Feride Eralp, an activist from the Women's Initiative for Peace, is one of these women. Feride said that she had come to Cizre with a group of women after nine-day curfew had been lifted in Cizre. (The fisrt curfew in Cizre was declared on September 4 and it continued for nine days). Feride said, "We stayed with some women in the Cudi neighborhood. The people, who hosted us before, haven't have homes now. All their homes have been demolished. Our responsibility is to be here and work to reconstruction of Cizre. Our duty is to package the dry food now and then we can paint the houses if needed. I am here to do these. All of us are against this war and savagery. Many volunteers went to Suruç during Kobane prosess. They must come to here, too. Everybody must be part of the solidarity in Cizre."

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