A Letter from 12-Year-Old Alp to Cizre Children

Alp (12) from İstanbul wrote a letter to Cizre children: “I hear news from your city and I know it isn’t right but don’t bother I‘ll say stop to all of these when I grow up.”

Çiçek Tahaoğlu

A Letter from 12-Year-Old Alp to Cizre Children

A 12-year-old child, Alp from İstanbul, wrote a letter to the children in Cizre.

Alp wanted her mother who is a member of Women’s Initiative for Peace to give letter to a same aged child in Cizre. Alp sent toys along with the letter.

Here is Alp’s letter:

Hello My Friend,

I speak to you from İstanbul and I know that you are in trouble nowadays. I feel your sorrow. I pray for peace to come and for all of us to live. I hear news from your city and I know it isn't right but don't bother I'll say stop to all of these when I grow up. I will be very glad if you write me back.

Best regards, Alp.

(ÇT/BD)

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Université Marc Bloch’da sosyoloji bölümünden mezun oldu. 2009’dan 2011’e kadar AFP’de fixer ve çevirmen olarak çalıştı. Gazeteci Burcu Karakaş ile Açık Radyo’da Cadı Postası programını yaptı. 2015 Müşerref Hekimoğlu Başarı Ödülü'nü aldı. 2011-2018 arasında bianet’te kadın ve LGBTİ haberleri editörü olarak çalıştı.