Displaced people from the occupied city of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain), residing in the Newroz camps in the countryside of Derik and Washo Kani in Hasakah, protested against the violations committed by the Turkish occupation and its affiliated factions, the latest of which included the raising of Turkish flags in the city and the seizure of civilian property under the pretext of “purchase.”
Dozens of forcibly displaced people from the occupied city of Serêkaniyê gathered in the Newroz camp to hold a march denouncing the violations committed by the Turkish occupation and its affiliated factions in their city. They held up banners reading “Yes to brotherhood of peoples and coexistence,” “No to the settlement of mercenary gangs in Serêkaniyê,” and “No to the sale of the property of the people of Serêkaniyê.”
The march began in the center of the camp and reached the entrance of the camp. During the march, participants chanted slogans demanding their return to their homes.
The march stopped at the camp entrance, where participants observed a minute of silence in honor of the martyrs. Ahmed Mohammed, a displaced person from Sere Kaniye, then delivered a speech in which he emphasized the residents’ right to a safe return to their homes. He denounced the violations perpetrated by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries against the residents’ property, as well as their attempts to legitimize their seizure through the so-called “purchase.”
In his speech, Mohammed called on international organizations to assume their responsibilities and urgently intervene to ensure the residents’ safe return to their city and to end the demographic change policies practiced by the occupying Turkish state.
In this context, displaced people from Serêkaniyê (Serêkaniyê) in the Washokaniyê camp in Hasakah held a march that began in front of the Washokaniyê camp council and turned into a protest in front of the camp administration center. During the march, displaced person Nawaf Hussein delivered a speech on behalf of the displaced people from Serêkaniyê, condemning the ongoing violations against the indigenous population. He said, “The occupying Turkish state is carrying out a systematic demographic change in the region, with the aim of erasing the Kurdish presence and its cultural identity.” He noted that these policies began in 2019 and have been accompanied by the widespread displacement of the indigenous population.
He expressed his dismay at the raising of the Turkish and Pakistani flags over the city, considering it a provocation to the feelings of the displaced people and a consecration of the occupation. Hussein said, “We will never accept this. The Turkish state has violated all human and legal rights.”
Concluding his remarks, Nawaf Hussein called on international organizations to assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities, intervene urgently to halt these measures, and ensure the protection of the cultural and national rights of the Kurds. He emphasized that “the struggle of the displaced will continue until they achieve a safe return to their homes.”
The two marches concluded with an affirmation of the displaced’s continued adherence to their right of return and their categorical rejection of all occupation practices.
ANHA
مهجّرو سري كانيه يحتجون ضد انتهاكات الاحتلال التركي في مدينتهم
