Şehriban Aslan/JINHA

AMED – State forces began to attack to cities, districts and villages after self-government declared in Kurdistan. One of these districts is Diyarbakır’s Dur district. Duriye Ayaz lived in the Hasırlı Neighborhood of Sur for 23 years before curfew declared in the town. Duriye said, “I went to see my home; however, nothing left from my home. I’ll set up tent on land where my home was when the ban to be lifted.

State forces began to attack to cities, districts and villages after self-government declared in Kurdistan. People have been forced to leave their home in towns, cities and villllages by demolishing the cities, towns and villages. The people noted that they were forced to leave their lands in 1990s and the same thing is being tried to do now. Displaced people live in close places by not leaving their lands.

Duriye Ayaz emphasized that she lived in Hasırlı Neighborhood of Diyarbakır’s Sur district for 23 years. Duriye stated that they had to leave their home due to ongoing situation she said, “We left there; however, that doesn’t mean we won’t return. We’ll return after the ban be lifted.”

Duriye stated that her husband had tried to sell their home in Sur several times; however, she hadn’t allowed him. “I told my husband that no one could get me out of my home and I woundn’t sell my home. When my husband understood that I don’t want to sell our home, he gave up trying.” Duriye stated that they had to leave Sur due to clashes and the state’s persecution and she pointed out that the state burned and demolished Sur for its interests.

After being forced to leave Sur, Duriye understood that life in Sur was different from life everywhere in the world. Duriye said, “I gave my home key to my neighbors when I went to visit someone. Sometimes, I didn’t return home for days, but nothing happened to my home. Now, I am living in Seyrantepe, it isn’t same with Sur. When we lived in Sur, people helped each other and we tried to find a solution if someone had a problem. We shared our problems. However, it is same where I am living now. I have lived in Seyrantepe for three months; no one has come to visit me yet. I want to live on my lands even if my home is demolished. Why don’t they lift the ban? I don’t understand what their objective is. I go to see my home two or three times in a week after Sur was opened; however, I didn’t see even one stone of my home when I went to see my home first. I didn’t even know where my home was. They have turned there into desert. My home was just behind the four-footed Minaret. Whenever I go to see my home, police tell me, “What do you want to see? Your home is destroyed”. I won’t leave my lands even if my home is blown down. I’ll return my land and set up tent on it as the ban is lifted. I ask from our municipality to organize a dinner for the displaced people in Sur. I miss my neighbors and I want to see them.”

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