'They used to burn villages, now they are setting forests on fire'

img
DERSİM - Stating that the fires caused by military operations are the results of the policy of depopulation, DEDEF Chair Ali Haydar Ben said they used to burn down villages back in the 90's and they started to set forests on fire after 2016.
 
Forest fires caused by military operations continue all over the region. The fire started recently during a military operation in Diyarbakır's Dicle district, could not be extinguished for two weeks. The fire that broke out as a result of the fire opened from a military base in Deriyê Cebrail region of Cudi Mountain in Şırnak turned the forest into ashes.  Again, in the village of Akdizgin (Zêwê), located on the slopes of Gabar Mountain in Güçlükonak district, a forest fire broke out as a result of the fire opened by the soldiers.
 
POLICY OF DEPOPULATION
 
Despite the fact that the fires, which are started as a result of military operations in the cities of the region every year, burn thousands of hectares of land, they are not included in the official records. The fires, which cause the death of many living species, also negatively affect agriculture and animal husbandry in the region. Ali Haydar Ben, Chairman of the Federation of Dersim Associations (DEDEF), told that the fires that broke out as a result of military operations were the result of the government's depopulation policies.
 
THEY USED TO BURN DOWN VILLAGES, NOW THEY SET FORESTS ON FIRE
 
Reminding that the villages were burnt down during 90'S, Ben said they started to set forests on fire after 2016. Drawing attention to the harm the fires do to the environment, Ben said it also effects the agriculture and animal husbandry.
 
Stating that the fires are not extinguished, Ben said that the local people who try to extinguish the fire themselves are blocked due to security reasons. Ben said: "We have to protect our nature, but the authorities have a responsibility to intervene these fires. Similar fires are started in the Aegean region. These fires are started on purpose. We know that they have the tools to intervene in these fires from air and land. That never happens in the east. They make statements saying that the fire is under control or there is no such fire after the public reactions. However, we see that the fire they say did not happen, are actually there from the videos sent from the region. They do not extinguish these fires on purpose."
 
 
MA / Ayşe Sürme
 
 
 
 

View More Articles

23/01/2023
11:52 The city where the spark of the revolution was lit: Kobanê
22/01/2023
16:45 Petition for physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan
16:27 A ranger lost his life in clashes in Besta
16:20 Military operation in Lice
16:19 Şenyaşar family: We want justice for a livable country
16:07 Özsoy: Millions are wondering about Abdullah Öcalan
11:36 Prisoner held despite the report 'He cannot stay in prison'
21/01/2023
16:31 SDF member lost his life in drone attack
16:19 Call for Mehmet Emin Özkan to be released
15:39 Hunger strike in Adana: We should fight together
15:13 Journalist Derya Ren sentenced to cell
12:00 Şenyaşar family: Those who ignore injustice will lose
11:53 'Regulations should be made on the basis of universal principles for ill prisoners'
11:15 Medicines are not given to ill prisoner on time
11:03 'Education should be given in mother tongue, not elective courses'
20/01/2023
17:01 'Unprepared indictment of journalists is a violation of rights'
16:21 New application submitted by Öcalan's family
16:16 Şenyaşar: Lawlessness should be eliminated
15:53 Demonstration for Öcalan: Bozdağ is responsible for the lawlessness in Imrali
14:47 Provocation in the ward of political prisoners in Elazığ Prison
19/01/2023
16:46 HDP Council member sentenced to imprisonment, lost custody of her children
15:09 On the 21st day of the demonstration: The solution is in island
13:01 Şenyaşar family: An effective prosecution will expose the footage of the massacre
12:59 Lawyers of Öcalan submits new application for a visit in İmralı
12:38 Call to political parties from the Federal Kurdistan Region Presidency
12:16 Blacksites used for rape in Afrin
11:34 Afrin Turkified step by step
11:30 Prisoners: Repentence law, obedience and submission are imposed
11:10 'We can't discuss right to communication in a place where right to life is violated'
18/01/2023
16:04 Jineology Research Center member: There is a need for a woman's perspective in science
15:38 Law suit against imprisoned journalist Değer
14:11 KCK statement about Akar who set himself on fire against isolation
13:16 Mele Korkmaz: Attacks on bodies is not acceptable in any religion
12:29 Ecologist Kanay: Invaders and capitalists profit from war
12:05 Newspaper distributer Karaağar: Never gave up despite threats
11:15 Resistance of the century in Afrin
10:55 ÖHD lawyer Yamar: CPT and Turkey are accomplices in Imrali isolation
08:57 Akar, who set his body on fire in Sur, was laid to rest
17/01/2023
16:12 Lawyers of Öcalan submits new application for a visit in İmralı
15:35 Court upholds non-punishment of police officer accused of killing Kurkut
15:00 21 chemical attacks in one day
14:43 Akar who set himself on fire against isolation lost his life
14:07 Released journalist Akyüz: Pressure on the press is death for society
14:02 Family whom government made to protest HDP set himself on fire against isolation
13:23 Police barrier to meeting with imprisoned journalists
13:00 Ecologist Kanay: Invaders and capitalists profit from war
12:32 MHP's Yagar's network defrauded the state
11:29 'Abdullah Öcalan's freedom is possible with the unity of the peoples'
11:19 Afrin before and after revolution
10:42 Application to CPT for Abdullah Öcalan: Release your emergency report
© All rights are reserved. Mezopotamya © 2025