JINHA

ŞIRNEX - Yılmaz Encu had been seriously wounded in the bombardment in Roboski and taken to hospital. He passed away in hospital. Yılmaz Encu was buried next to Vedat Encu, who had died in the same bombardment. Yılmaz and Vedat left their dreams and smilings to their mothers.

Two youths those had hope as big as their hearts, took the road named “border trade”. Vedat and his cousin Yılmaz walked by side in a group of 40 people, beaceuse they were also friends. They took the road to make their dreams come true live their relatives those who had been killed on December 28, 2011. Vedat dreamed to be a doctor and he wanted to raise money for his education expenses and Yılmaz wanted to buy new clothes to wear at the wedding of his relative. Two youths, who passed their life side by side, were killed by artillery fire from tanks.

Yılmaz Encu’s mother Zeynep Encu is suffering for not see her son when he was wounded. Zeynep stated that they went to Uludere State Hospital after they had heard their son was wounded. “I wanted to see my son; however, soldiers didn’t allow me. There were police everywhere. Then, they took him to Şırnak. They just allowed his father to see him. We tried to see him many times; however, soldiers and police didn’t allow us.”

Mother of 16-year-old Vedat, who wanted to be a doctor, Hacer has the same pain with Zeynep. Hacer said that the bombardment began one hour later her son left. The citizens told her “He isn’t your son”; however, they were very miserable when the corpse was brought to village. Hacer said, “This state only wants to kill us. What is this state want from us? There is one thing clear, they are Turkish and we are Kurdish.”

(ekip/dm/gc/gd)