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MÊRDÎN -Şükriye Doğan had been displaced from her village in 1990s when the villages had been burned by state forces. Then, she had settled in Nusaybin with her family. She was displaced from Nusaybin where was burned and demolished. "The home is our home, the city is our city. Why must we leave here? asked Şükriye.

The citizens those who were displaced from Nusaybin district of Mardin due to attacks on the district, have begun to live in Mardin and the villages around the city. The citizens are waiting for return their homes soon. Şükriye Doğan is one of these citizens. She had had to leave her village upon her village had been burned in 1990s. Then, she had settled in Nusaybin; however, she was forcibly displaced from Nusaybin to Mardin after the curfew had been declared in Nusaybin.

Şükriye told us what they experienced during the siege in Nusaybin, "There was the sound of tanks and bombs. Once, I opened the curtain, they attacked me by asking "Why did you look from the window?" They bombed everywhere. I couldn't go from a room to another room until the sniper changed his place. We slept in the kitchen. Then, they attacked our home. My husband was wounded in the attack."

Şükriye said that they were forced to leave their home by state forces, "I was at home until evening at 10.00 p.m. They came to our home with tanks and weapons. They cut our water and electricity. They told us, "Leave the house". We answered them "We won't leave even if you kill us". However, they took us from our home forcibly. We had to come to Mardin."

Şükriye lost one of her son and her three sons are in prison now. She lives in a rented house in Mardin. Şükriye lives on with supports of her neighbors. Şükriye said, "We will return to Nusaybin whenever the ban is lifted. We won't stay here by setting up tent on the stones. We won't leave Nusaybin to the end. The home is our home, the city is our city. Why must we leave here? We continue our struggle for our identity. The state kills us, it burns our homes; however, we still ask for peace and peace. We don't want any mother cries anymore."

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