Queue between Nusaybin and Cizre Extends Kilometers Away

Hit the road for Cizre, Women’s Freedom Assembly is waiting in Nusaybin: “We call crossroad between Nusaybin and Cizre now ‘gate’. They open it for an hour every day but they didn’t open it today.”

Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Queue between Nusaybin and Cizre Extends Kilometers Away

A delegation from Women’s Freedom Assembly (KÖM) departed to go to Cizre district of Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey. The delegation had safe conduct after the negotiations in the first checkpoint in Nusaybin district of Mardin province in southeastern Turkey and then has been going to the second checkpoint guarded by Şırnak Governorship. Another delegation from Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) is still waiting in checkpoint of Nusaybin.

Ezra Elbistan told bianet:

“We call crossroad between Nusaybin and Cizre now ‘gate’. They don’t allow people pass. They just open it for an hour every day but today it is closed. There is a queue extending 40 kilometers away.

“We don’t know if we pass the ‘gate’. We will go as long as we can do it.

"KESK group isn’t allowed to pass the first checkpoint. They are a mass. We only have one vehicle.” (ÇT/BD)

* Photo Credit: Women’s Freedom Assembly

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BIA News Desk

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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.