Behind the closed doors of Cizre I am among the destruction of Cizre. A youngster from Cizre came to me and said “Dear Nurcan, all you see is what you can see about Cizre, but there is something worse than this about what you can’t see or despite seeing it, not to writing about Cizre. […]
Nurcan Baysal: being a Yazidi means to be destined for massacre 1 Working for NGOs for years, Nurcan Baysal wrote a book for giving voice to women and not letting that horrible massacre to be forgotten. “73rd Decree” (“Ezidiler: 73. Ferman Katliam ve Kurtuluş”) is heavy, but it is nothing compared to what women, men […]
Cizre, don’t forgive us! NURCAN BAYSAL 17 February 2016 Everything is happening before our very eyes! The Kurdish cities of Turkey have been under an unlawful siege and curfew for months. Today, it has been 49 days for Cizre and 61 days for Diyarbakir-Surici since the curfew was declared. People suffer from lack of water, and […]