Turkification policy… Changing villages, squares' names, turning public utilities into prisons

AFRIN

In Afrin, the Turkish occupation army violates all international and human rights covenants by abducting and killing civilians, making a demographic change and following the Turkification policy, as well as public facilities and schools have been turned into prisons, and military headquarters.

Since the 18th of last March, on the day of the occupation of Afrin canton, many reports have been issued accusing the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries of committing violations, describing them as rising to the level of war crimes by many observers and jurists.

The residents of Afrin, who are currently living in al-Shahba canton presented complaints to the European Human Rights Court about the violations committed against them, but the decision of the court's response was that complaints must be submitted to the Turkish courts. While Turkey itself committed violations in Afrin.

While the occupation changed the names of three villages in Bulbul district to Turkish names such as the village of Kutana to Zafer Obasi, and the village of Qurneh to Onder Obasi, and the village of Qastal Meqdad to Seljuk Obasi.

In addition, the occupation removes the historical monuments in the villages, districts and center of Afrin, and the Turkish flag is raised everywhere.

Schools and train station have become detention centers

Elsewhere, a source said that the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries are turning public facilities into detention centers. In this context, the source said that the occupation turned al-Karama school, which is one of the oldest schools in the city of Afrin to a prison, where the various kinds of torture are practiced and supervised by Failaq al-Sham mercenaries and the Turkish intelligence (MIT). Moreover, there are also detained women in the detention centers.

The source added that the occupation turned the train station in Rajo area into a prison, supervised by the Turkish Intelligence directly, and the source indicated that residents of the areas of Rajo, Mobata and Meydana are existed there, describing it as the most worst prison in Afrin.

Losing of olive season, and the occupation army prevents exporting it to the areas of Syria

In a series of robbing and stealing, the mercenaries stole the crop of more than 1,500 olive trees in the village of Tallef in Janders district, and more than 1,000 trees in the plains of Amara village belonging to the siblings Mustafa, Abdin and Rashid Ibrahim from the town of Badina in Mobata district. In addition, the occupation stole more than 25 tanks of oil from Shaban Shaban from the town of Badina.

In addition, the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation army stole the electricity generating units at Kokan Junction building in Mobata district, one of which was dedicated to a drinking water well that supplies the neighboring villages.

Kidnapping

The Turkish occupation army is still continuing to kidnap the civilians, the fate of all of them is still anonymous. The Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries in recent days have kidnapped Elham Hassen, Ghassan Hassen, Hayat Mohammed Bakr, Mohammed Jerji, Idris Ahmed, Hussein Shaban, Hawar Dahdo, Khalil Mohammed Klein from the town of Badina in Mobata district."

A source said that the fate of Hevin Mustafa Ibesh, Hussein Jarou, Anwar Jarou and Haji Abadi Habash has been anonymous for months.

(T/S)

ANHA