"On the seventh day of curfew in Cizre, "As a teacher who have been teaching for six years in Cizre, I am ashamed of my humanity. Curfew, so called security for my life, has been going on since September 4 at 8 p.m. I am ashamed of my humanity. In the 21st century, the state attacks its people with cannonballs. "I am ashamed of my humanity. The world knows 4G or 5G wireless technology while the phone went dead here. "The state will probably say 'Teach your students the love of their native country, nation, flag and police.' Can I make those people who lost their friends, relatives, brothers and sisters love the killers of their loved ones? Can you make it? "There is so much pain to write about. I am living in the dark, we are living in the dark. Don't bother saying 'Is there anyone out there?' There are 140,000 people here. Please help for the sake of humanity..." –A teacher in a forbidden zone- |
bianet reached the writer of this letter by the phone on September 10.
Anonymous teacher told us the media couldn’t monitor the incidents in Cizre since they couldn’t even require their basic needs because of the curfew.
“There is no armory here, civilians are killed”
Letter-writer stated the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu didn’t tell the truth.
“There is no armory here, civilians are killed. People are trying to protect themselves. Youngsters in their twenties put up barricades to protect themselves. Kids playing outside of their apartments are killed.”
“You can’t tell the bullet where to shoot”
"It doesn’t matter if you are an officer, citizen, PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) member or young… You can’t tell the bullet where to shoot.”
"We collectively live here”
“We collectively live here. Everyone shares their things. We stay in the basements at night. I put my toddler to bed after plugged up his ears due to bombing sounds.”
Primary school teacher stated Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) delegation’s coming to Cizre was hope-inspiring but the coming was prevented.
"A nation totally antagonist is born”
The teacher added they couldn’t receive information due to power blackout, a kid was shot by a sniper and five dead bodies were kept in cold storage.
“Cizre’s population is 140,000. They can’t have 400 deputies from here. Youngsters in their twenties put up barricades to protect themselves. A nation totally antagonist is born.” (İUE/BK/BD)
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