URFA - 31 rural neighborhoods on the border of the city of Kobanê in the Suruç and Birecik districts of Urfa are expected to be evacuated. Residents said they had been pressured to evacuate their homes since the attacks on the area began.
Serêkaniye and Girê Spî are the cities Turkey's attacks hits the most. Urfa's Ceylanpınar and and Akçakale are across those cities and they are border neighbors. There are information that Free Syrian Army (ÖSO) backed by Turish Armed Forces are preparing for an attack to Kobané. According to information obtained, 25 rural neighborhoods of Suruç and 6 rural neighborhoods of Birecik are being forced to be evacuated.
The settlements under the threat of evacuation are as follows: Alanyurt, Aşağıoylum, Çanakçı, Çaykara, Çengelli, Fıstıklı (Kersan), Göleç, Günebakan, Karaca (Siwêdê), Kesmecik (Kesme), Kurutepe, Mert İsmail, Molahamza, Tavşan, Yumurtalık , İzci, Taşlıkuyu, Küçükova, Binatlı, Özgören, Yıldız, Köseler, Tokçalı, Özlüce and Eskice neighborhoods and Qonax (İncirli), Sakultan (Sêbûk), Göktepe, Aşme, Ziyaret and Zêrî neighborhoods of Birecik.
It is estimated that approximately 40,000 people live in these neighborhoods.
Residents of the neighborhood have been pressured to evacuate their homes since the onset of the attacks on North and Right Syria. The public is worried that the FSA will be placed in their homes.