Hesekê Lawyers Union co-chair Beşîra Jamal El-Dîn spoke about the dangers caused by the Turkish state cutting off Hesekê water and called for international organizations not to remain silent.
Since the invasion attacks launched against Serekaniye on 9 October 2020, the Turkish state continues to interrupt water supply from Alouk station, which provides drinking water to the city.
The region of Heseke, with Til Temir in the west, the provinces of Hol, Erîşa, Shedadê, Mergeda in the south, as well as Erîşa, Hol, Washûkanî and Serêkaniye camps in the city, is very strategic.
While the suspension of supply in drinking water cuts, which have been on the international agenda for a long time, have been continuing, the Euphrates water level has also been lowered since 27 January, and the amount of water that needs to be released has been reduced from 500 cubic meters per second to 200 cubic meters.
As the water cuts continue, the people of the region are reacting to the international forces that remain silent to the practices of the occupying state. Considering these practices in terms of international law, Hesekê Lawyers Union co-chair Beşîra Jamal El-Dîn told ANHA that the occupying Turkish army has been using water as a weapon against the people of the region after the invasion in the Northern and Eastern Syrian regions, and that this is a crime.
Recalling the 1987 agreement between Syria and the Turkish state regarding the Euphrates water, Beşîra Jamal El-Dîn states that the agreement was completely violated.
She said: "The Euphrates River does not belong to the Turkish state, but to the lands it flows on. The river from Turkey flows into Syria and Iraq. Therefore, it belongs not only to the Turkish state, but to all three states."
Beşîra Jamal Al-Din, who stated that the river belongs to all three states according to the agreement signed between Syria and Iraq in 1987, added that the United Nations also guaranteed this in 1997 and that therefore, the Turkish state must comply with the provisions of the agreement, otherwise it is committing a crime.
Addressing international organizations and humanitarian aid organizations, Beşîra Jamal El-Dîn called on the international community not to remain silent against the Turkish attacks targeting the people of Northern and Eastern Syria.
