EBÎR MUHEMED

Dêrik – Thousands of people have been displaced from their homelands as result of the Turkish attacks targeting civilians and civilian settlements in North and East Syria. Newroz camp is one of the six internally displaced person camps built in the Cizîr Region for the forcibly displaced people. The camp is the home of 1,300 families forcibly displaced from Serêkanîyê (Ras al-Ayn), Girê Spî (Tell Abyad), Afrin and Til Temir. NuJINHA spoke to the women living in the camp about the ongoing Turkish attacks on the region.

10 people live in a tent

Sultana Abbas had to leave her village Zirganlı with her family four years ago. “We had to leave our houses because of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan. We and our children have suffered a lot. Before we had a good life. We are a family of 10 but have only a tent. We have to live in a tent together,” she told us.

‘We are very tired of the war’

“We had a life with dignity in our village,” said Sultana Abbas. “Neither I nor my children can sleep comfortably because of the fear of war. We want a safe life. We are very tired of the war. We do not want to live as displaced people anymore. In addition, we suffer from a deteriorating economic crisis and price hikes.”

‘They have displaced thousands’

 Xanim Gur, who had to leave Serêkanîyê after the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions occupied the city in 2019, settled in Newroz camp with her family after taking shelter in many camps. “We do not know what Tayyip Erdoğan wants from us. The attacks on us were inhuman attacks. The Turkish state aims to depopulate the region. It has displaced thousands and now it targets our infrastructure in its attacks. People’s life sources are attacked. The winter is coming, what will we do in winter if we do not have fuel? In summer, people suffer from overheating in tents while they suffer from freezing weather in winter.”