Beritan Canözer/JINHA

AMED - As Peyas Neighborhood has been resistaing against modernity by carrying solidarity, and natural life to the city, sites are rising in the neighborhood. Hayriye narrates the resistance of women those who were broken with their life and forced to live in city.

Thousands of women were forced to leave their villages due to displacement policies in Kurdistan. They were broken with their life which they were participated directly in production and lived in touch with nature. Tandoors built in the neighborhoods of Turkey's metropolises and Kurdistan's cities are indication of resistance of women. Women have carried solidarity and natural life in villages to the cities. You can see women sitting in front of their homes and talking to each other in neighborhoods. As the women's living areas are about to be vanished between increasing crowded cities and high-rise buildings, small streets have contained secrets within themselves between crowds.

Peyas Neighborhood of Diyarbakır's Kayapınar district is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city. The population of the neighborhood is more than 100 thousand and it is increasing day by day. However, women are uncomfortable to live between concretes. As ecological life has continued partly in houses with gardens in a part of the neighborhood, sites are rising in another part of the neighborhood. 77-year-old Hayriye Sarı is from Lice district of Diyarbakır. She has lived in the Peyas Neighborhood since she was a child. Hayriye misses the old solidarity and cooperation very much. She said, "We live in this neighborhood as before. We ask and help each other. However, living in the high-rise buildings isn't same. There aren't solidarity and neighbor relations.

"When we lived in the village, we got up early; we went to our gardens and planted vegetables in the gardens. Then, we turned our animals out. We did our houseworks. Then, I had a talk to women in the village. We knew where we got the milk. We cultivated our vegetables and fruits. Everythings were nature in the village. When someone had headache, all habitants of village had get-well visit. We were free. What about now? There aren't solidarity, neighbor relations and natural life. They exploited and destroyed everything."

Hayriye lives in Peyas Neighborhood with her children and grandchildren. She passes the time of day in her garden. Hayriye said, "I cannot live another place except here. Here is like my village. I can do everything I want. I spend time in the garden by taking care of the chickens, fruits and vegetables. I cannot live in high-rise buildings and town center, I will die there. I tell storied to my grandchildren when the power goes out. I talk about the past to them in order to they know their history and old Kurdish stories."

(db/gc)