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our rights which wanted to be divested from us with political manoeuvres. Baas regime
wants to bury our utopia and free will with our corpses. Our Project of "Peaceful and
Pluralistic Cohabitation" has been targeted. Our project should be adopted and develo-
ped by all the Kurds. We are in need of every kind of financial support to rebuild Koba-
ni. But the world should support our political will too. ISIS war has been an outstanding
victory for us. The share of civilised world cannot be underestimated in this victory.
However few they were in number, there were our Turkish brothers fought shoulder to
shoulder with us in our fronts against this barbarism and supported our "Humanity Pro-
ject". Turkish government to some extent contributed to our victory by closing their
eyes to some things within their borders. We cannot deny this favour. We appreciate the
meaning and value of it. On the other hand support and protests of Kurds in the North
were the biggest support to us. Eighty percent of the food aid from Turkey made by
Kurds in the North. Both North and South Kurds had entirely supported us and never
left us alone. This victory does not only belong to us, this is a joint victory of civilized
world and all Kurds against barbarism" President of Kobani Canton and at the same
time a jurist by profession Enver MÜSLİM shared his following views with us: "Our
people that enforced to emigrate and live in the North after ISIS' attacks, want to gradu-
ally come back. But as it can be seen, living in this city and providing the means of
subsistence are almost completely impossible. Rebuilding of the city will take years.
Due to that we primarily want to encamp on our side of the border. We would like to
accommodate the first retumers and see their urgent needs in this camp. If this camp
becomes insufficient we can add a few more camps. But we need the aid of civilised
world. we cannot realize these on our resources. we call on intemational institutions
for immediate aid. For this purpose all the Kurds should do their best and seek aid from
the international institutions overthe countries they live in on behalf of us. The visit of
your delegation gladdened us. " The person who attended some of the meetings and
introduced himself as Dozdar Ali (Prosecutor Ali) said that: "there is no need to say too
much. Everything is before your eyes. Even a single frame photo you may shoot in here
can display, against what kind of enemy and barbarism we fight. Because of that we
highly appreciate your visit" So we left a city behind ourselves, however completely
destroyed and uninhabitable, a city that saved the human dignity against barbarism and
a city that in need ofall kinds ofsupport to rise again through the ashes. The emigrated
civilians who left Kobani due to ISIS attacks and started living in Şanlıurfa (in Turkey)
and other close provinces have begun the initiatives of retuming to Kobani after it had
been cleaned from ISIS gangs, but as Canton Prime Minister mentioned above, cur-
rently there are no or rather few convenient buildings for accommodation. It İs urgent to
set up a temporary camp near the town. In this way, it will be easier for the settlers to
join reconstruction works of Kobani. One of the biggest dangers for civilians who want
to go back to Kobani is the risk of mines, unexploded mortar shells and other war was-
tes. For elimination of these dangerous war wastes there is an urgent need to the help of
international organizations and in particular help of specİalized companies in the clea-
ning of landmines and war wastes. On the other hand a modem camp has been set up to
contain up to 35. 000 people by AFAD (Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Başkanlığı - the
Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) within the borders of neighbour
country Turkey. Although the effoı1 of help is highly appreciated, contributing to the
establishment of a camp near Kobani must be the priority. On the other hand for solida-
rity with Kobani people and reconstructuring Kobani city is a historical responsibility
lays with Kurdish people and organizations in our region. It will provide an important
contribution and permanent resolution to the problem İf every instİtutİon stretches a
helping hand to a counterpart institution in Kobani, every businessman to a family to
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