MANİSA - Sakine Demir, mother of Sêvê Demir, who was murdered during the curfew in Silopiya, said: “Sêvê's cause is everyone's cause. Let's bring peace to this country."

 

8 years have passed since the murder of three Kurd women politicians, Sêvê Demir, Fatma Uyar and Pakize Nayır, in the Silopiya district of Şirnex (Şırnak). The three women, who were seriously injured by the fire opened from an armored vehicle while trying to move from one neighborhood to another to help the people who were in a difficult situation during the curfews declared in the district, lost their lives while waiting for the ambulance to arrive for hours. What remained from the three women was a blue buckle, a gold ring and lots of bullets.

 

In the autopsy report, it was revealed that Fatma Uyar was killed with 3 bullets, Pakize Nayır with 5 bullets and Sêvê Demir with 11 bullets. Sêvê Demir, whose skull was shattered, was targeted directly in the head. However, in the case filed, the Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor's Office gave a decision of "lack of jurisdiction" and sent the file to the Silopi Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The court also shelved the file, stating that the murder of three women politicians happened based on "suspicion".

 

ASSIMILATION, OPPRESSION, IMMIGRATION AND RACISM

 

Sêvê Demîr, who was murdered with 11 bullets hitting her body at the age of 38, was born in 1977 in the village of Şûtê (Şenocak) in Stewr district of Mêrdin. Due to oppression and assimilation policies, she immigrated to Bismil district of Amed (Diyarbakır) with her family when she was only five years old. The Demir family, who lived in Bismil for five years, had to migrate to Salihli district of Manisa in 1995 as a result of increasing pressure. Demir, who worked as an agricultural worker here, started to fight against the racist pressures she was exposed to in the Manisa Provincial Organization of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP).

 

SHE WAS IN PRISON FOR 5 YEARS

 

Demir, who was mostly active in the women's field, later continued her work in the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Women's Commission. She was arrested during the operations carried out under the name "KCK" on April 18, 2009 and was imprisoned for 5 years. Demir, who participated in the indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike launched in 2011 to demand the end of the isolation against PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the provision of the Kurds right to their mother tongue, took part in the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Party Assembly after being released from prison and continued her activities in Mêrdin and Şirnex.

 

SHE WAS BECAME MORE ACTIVE AFTER FEBRUARY 15th'

 

Her mother, Sakine Demir, said that her daughter became aware of what was happening, even though she was still young, during the period of pressure they were subjected to in the village. The mother, Demir said: “At that time, no place was given for the election office in Manisa. We used a part of our house as a party building. My daughter would wake up at 04:00 in the morning, go to work, and participate in party activities after returning. She felt loyalty to her people, her language and her Leader. When Mr. Öcalan was captured, we did not leave the house, leaving all our work behind for 23 days. This situation affected Sêvê very much and she became even more active in the activities."

 

Sakine Demir (mother of Sêvê Demir)

 

GOING TO SILOPIYA

 

Stating that her daughter went to Silopiya against the war policies carried out in Kurdistan, mother Demir said: "I asked, 'we carry out our work together here, if you stay here, we will continue to work together. This path is difficult. Can you handle this burden?' She answered, 'I can carry 4 times as heavy as this.'" Stating that the conflicts started after the curfews were declared, mother Demir emphasized that her daughter went to Silopiya to end the war as a matter of political responsibility.

 

DEMİR SAW HER DAUGHTER IN AMED FOR THE LAST TIME

 

Mother Demir, who said that she last saw her daughter in Amed, said: "She called me after I came to Manisa. I was hearing voices and asked, 'Where did you go?' She said, 'I'm in Silopia, don't you know?' My daughter was a politician. She was working for all peoples, Kurdish, Turkish, Laz and Circassian. They slaughtered her there. They fired even after killing my daughter. What kind of justice, law is this? I also call out to military mothers from here; Let's bring peace to this country. Let say enough is enough. Sêvê was martyred and thousands of people were martyred after that. I don't want anyone to die anymore, that's enough."

 

Mother Demir stated that neither the murderers nor those responsible were prosecuted and stated that she would not let the case go. Demir said: “Sêvê's case is everyone's case. People die every day. Those who killed my daughter must be punished."

 

 MA / Delal Akyüz