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As of today wellbeing of people of Cizre is under threat with the danger of the spread of
diseases and mass deaths. Many dwellers from cizre have been contactiiıg with us

people did in Sabra and Shatila camps in 1982.
- Diyarbakır Bar Association asks from the Govement to halt the ongoing military ope-
rations in the neighbourhoods of Cizre town centre immediately, to prevent the massive
deaths and end the tragic situation. In the same way we call for the lifting of the curfew
before any delay which breaches the law and Constitutional principles.
- We also call for the removal of the stone barricades and trenches in the streets leading
to the town centre and an immediate end of any kind of armed conflict in areas where
civilians live.
- We request from humanitarian organisations, NGO's and human rights organisations
in Turkey and abroad an IMMEDIATE ACTION, considering the ever worsening life
conditions olpeople in Cizre .
Dear members of the press;
Along with the sufferings Cizre people experienced and threats they faced, there are
incidents that deeply moves all parts ofthe society in general. In the last few days over
thirty members of security forces as soldiers and police officers as we[[ as civilians have
lost their lives. As a result of ongoing military operations there might be more casualties
that we are not aware of. We wholeheartedly share the pain of the families of those who
lost their lives. On the other hand parallel to escalating armed clashes in the easte part of
Turkey, a growing number of attacks on poor Kurdish civilians in the weste cities of
Turkey and incidents of destroying or damaging intercity public transport vehicles ope-
rating from Kurdish cities to the west cities of Turkey are escalating.
Dear members of the press;
Our society has not deserved this picture. Since 2l July 2015 the date armed conflicts
and operations restarted, Diyarbakır Bar Association in its statements recursively has
been calling for an end to these conflicts and stressing that this incidents will bring
nothing other than disaster to the people of Turkey. In a statement we made on 31 Au-
gust 20l5 we said that Turkey does not deserve to tu into a Syria; Diyarbakır, İzmir and
Istanbul do not deserve to tu into an Aleppo. After the painful experience of last thirty
(30) years, the people of Turkey have become mature enough to decide solving its Kur-
dish issue in peaceful and democratic ways. In fact, the June 7 election results have
demonstrated the will of the people in this direction.
Everybody with commonsense would appreciate that these conflicts will bring no other
outcome than a disaster that will be end of all of us.
We as Diyarbakir Bar Association, by considering the danger is being faced by peoples
of Turkey, principatly by Kurdish people and elections to be held on l November 20|5,
call for an IMMINENT CEASE OF EVERY KIND OF ARMED CONFLICT AND
VIOLENCE by putting aside the discussions over whether it should be unilateral or
bilateral in order to give a chance to democratic and peaceful solution of Kurdish issue.
State and govement officials previously made statements in keeping with the President
of Republic's statement that "our security forces would not shoot a single fire without
being attacked". We request from the state officials to abide by their promises.
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