Resistance grows across Amed, Cizre and Nusaybin

More people are joining the self-defense and resistance against the attacks of state forces in Amed and Nusaybin district of Mardin where onslaught gets heavier.

More people are joining the self-defense and resistance against the attacks of state forces in Amed and Nusaybin district of Mardin where onslaught gets heavier.

AMED

Thousands across Amed are spreading the resistance in response to the atrocity perpetrated by Turkish forces against the people in the Kurdish region.

In the central Bağlar district where two youths, Şerdıl Cengiz (21) and Şiyar Salman (18), were killed earlier today, people continue resisting at barricades on every street where they also light big fires.

While people in their houses are also joining the protests by making noises that resound throughout streets together with slogans, police and special operation teams are firing random tear gas, unable to enter the areas of protests due to barricades laid on all streets across the district.

As resistance also continues in Ofis and Koşuyolu area, people have laid barricades on streets in Huzurevleri neighborhood of Kayapınar district as well, where police keep firing tear gas amid an intense helicopter activity.

CİZRE

People in Cizre district of Şırnak have also taken to the streets to protest the fifth curfew imposed alongside Silopi today, which will go into effect in both districts as of 23:00 this evening.

Mass marches have been staged and barricades have been built in Cudi and Nur neighborhoods where people remain on the streets in protest at the never-ending curfews and attacks targeting the people.

NUSAYBİN

Attacks by state forces have also started in Mardin's Nusaybin district where a sixth curfew has been imposed today afternoon. Special operation police teams deployed in armored vehicles at many locations are opening artillery fire on the neighborhoods of Fırat, Abdülkadirpaşa, Dicle and Yenişehir.

People in the targeted neighborhoods are waging self-defense against the attacks by state forces.