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Date published: 8 August 2002 00:00
Modified On: 31 October 2013 00:11

The Joy of Search Authorization and Bread

The soldier searched a house in the village of Catma with authorization for the first time in 22 years. The food quota seems to be lifted. Following 22-year-old emergency rule era, the people are trying to get used to a regular life.
İrfan Aktan

İrfan Aktan
With the lifting of the emergency rule in the Southeastern province of Hakkari, the security forces' practices in the region have also changed.

In the Catma village in Yuksekova, the soldiers who went to search a house used a search authorization for the first time in the last 22 years.

The Food is not turned back

Now that the emergency rule is repealed, there are less controls and searches in the entrances and exits of the district and on the roads that lead to the villages. It also seems that the food quota in the villages has been lifted.

The villagers, who are now able to take home food without having to get permission from security forces or paramilitary police, say that they are not turned back at the road controls.

Abdullah Ak, a villager, was very happy to hear that the food quota had been removed: "In the past, we were not able to bring to our village enough flour or oil for our children. Now, although we don't have the money to buy these things, we are very happy with the latest developments."

Elections and EU-reform package are on the agenda

In the district, where military governance is still felt, but the tense atmosphere has eased with the lifting of the emergency rule, the people are talking about early elections and the EU-reform package.

People frequently find themselves in heated debates. And they say that they "cannot believe," that the death penalty has been abolished and Kurdish education rights have been granted. (BB/EA/NM)

https://bianet.org/haber/the-joy-of-search-authorization-and-bread-12282
2024-04-28 05:11:07