JINHA

AMED - Women, who spend their life in Sur, said, "We won't allow Sur be demolished." Sabiha is one of these women. She writes her love to Sur in her poems. "You cannot capture our hearts and Amed even if you surround Amed and us from all quarters." said Sabiha.

Turkish state announced "Operation was ended" in the Sur district of Diyarbakır; however, 24-hour curfew has been imposed for more than four months. The ban and destruction have continued in the town. Women have resisted against "Urgent Expropriation", has been declared in Sur by a cabinet decision. Some of these women say, "I will resist by passing in front of diggers", some of them keep guard in front of their houses or set up tent to stop the destruction of their town. Sabiha Gündüz, meanwhile, writes poems for Sur.

Sabiha Gündüz, who live in Alipaşa neighborhood of Sur, describe the life, history, culture, friendship in Sur and her love to Sur in her poems. Sabiha resists against urgent expropriation with her poems. "You cannot capture our hearts and Amed even if you surround Amed and us from all quarters." said Sabiha.

Sabiha doesn't want the streets and houses, where she spent her childhood and her youth, be demolished. Sabiha said, "I am from Diyarbakır, I don't want to leave my hometown. I don't want the streets and houses, where I spent her childhood and my youth, be demolished. I am calling on all Kurdish people that please protect Diyarbakır. They cannot destroy the place of Sur in our hearts. The small children will grow up with the love of Sur. Can they leave the place where they were born and grew up? How can they demolish a town with thousands years history? They want unearned income. What do they ask from Diyarbakır? Diyarbakır people are trustworthy, brave and affectionate. Do we deny sharing our tea to them when they come here? Do we deny showing our friendship or debonairness to them? Don't demolish our Diyarbakır.

"Why do they eclipse our sun in Diyarbakır? Sur is the sun of Diyarbakır. The sun rises from the East, can they pull it to West? Will they show who the door from whose place? We are the native and owner of these lands."
(mm/gc/gd)