Tour - Part 6
"My two brothers are in Sur... One is in Çamlıca, and the other in Şentak. They are both renting. Neither of us can visit each other. While living in Sur we were often visiting each other until 11 pm... But now, we feel very isolated here. "
"They are making a special effort to destroy the nature and culture of Kurdistan. In fact, this state sees this place as Turkey, but mentally they know that they don’t own it. What was experienced here is not just a simple urban transformation policy."
"They built 20-meter-wide streets. Traditionally, no city in Kurdistan has 20-meter-wide streets. Sirnak, Yuksekova, Idil were all done in a similar way. In this way they want to control social opposition."
"Even during that bad period, I didn’t let them demolish the house. We ate less, wore less, drank less, and built that house. And now they demolished it in our best times, that’s what I cannot accept."