Bêrîtan Elyakut - Şehriban Aslan/JINHA

AMED - As the AKP has launched a war concept in the cities and districts of North Kurdistan; it has tried to displace the people. Fatma Dinler is one of residents of the Sur district of Diyarbakır. She had to leave the town due to the state's attacks and moved to the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır. Then, she had to set up a tent on the road of Ergani after state forces began to attack the Bağlar district. Fatma is intent on not move to the cities in West of Turkey.

State forces have begun to attack the cities and districts of Kurdistan after the people declared self-gevernmet. Many houses have been demolished by tanks and some have been unavailable in Silvan, Silopi, sur, Cizre, İdil, Nusaybin and many other places. The people had to leave their houses in the Sur district of Diyarbakır due to "curfew" which has continued for months. The people had moved to the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır. However, the people had to leave Bağlar due to curfew was declared in the town on March 14. One of these people Fatma Dinler (44) doesn't move to the cities in West of Turkey. "I had had to leave Sur to Bağlar. Then curfew was declared in Bağlar. I took my children and set up my tent in a empty area on the road of Ergani.

"There had been clashes everywhere. The people had to leave Sur to Bağlar. Some of them returned to Sur after curfew was declared in Bağlar. However, I didn't have any place in Sur, so I set up my tent for my five children against the state's immigration policy. The owners of houses raised the price of rent by takeing advantage of these difficult days. I had great difficulties financially, so we set up tent here."

Fatma stated that she would implement an ecological life in empty area where she set up the tent and she would grow vegetables and fruits. Fatma said, "I will earn money by selling the vegetables and fruits which I will grow. I prefer living here than living in a big city." Fatma still wants peace despite all difficulties she has faced. "We don't want people to be killed anymore. We can live in tents as long as we have peace.

"As Kurdish people, we had been forced to leave our villages in 1990s. We moved to big cities. The state has tried to displace us by scaring us. Kurdish people aren't like we used to. We won't leave our lands and move to the cities in the West of Turkey. We will resist by coming to empty areas and putting up the tents there."

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