Gülistan Azak

 

DERSİM - In Dersim, a woman named V.Y. was subjected to violence and death threats by the gendarmerie. The women pointed out that the aim of this incident was to intimidate the people of Dersim and said: “Everyone should rebel. There is no other way out.”

 

On the Dersim-Ovacık road in Dersim center on May 20, a woman named V.Y. was subjected to Criminal Report Check (GBT) application as a "suspect" by the police officers, and about 10 minutes later, while she was waiting at the bus stop to go home, she was laid on the ground by the gendarmerie as a "suicide bomb". The citizens who heard the screams of V.Y. reacted to the gendarmerie and the police who came to the scene. However, to disperse the people, the violence was continued by using tear gas and firing into the air by the police.

 

V.Y., who was subjected to gendarmerie violence, went to the Tunceli Police Department on the day of the incident and complained about the gendarmes, while the Governorship announced that two law enforcement officers were dismissed from their duties the previous day. On the other hand, it was stated that there was a "de facto restriction" regarding the incident and therefore lawyers could not access the minutes.

 

 The women reacted to what happened in the city.

 

‘Done with the courage of withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention’

 

Student Ezgi Çelebi pointed out that the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention was effective in the incident and asked the authorities, ‘Who would be responsible for an injury or loss of life?’ Ezgi said: "I think that the gendarmerie made this incident with the courage it got from the decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. We see that men are using violence much more easily now. These are unacceptable. Women should show their reactions against violence and strengthen their solidarity."

 

‘A great danger for everyone’

 

Stating that these are unacceptable, Sultan Sarıateş said: "Are people wanted to be scared with this incident? What is the main purpose? These events could have had negative consequences. People now think their lives are in danger. The situation is a great danger for everyone, from newborns to old people, from women to men."

 

‘It is necessity to increase solidarity’

 

The shepherd Nazlı Çelik, who warned that every woman in Dersim can be treated similarly, noted that the trauma inflicted on V.Y. was directed at all women. Nazlı said: "This is immoral. It seems that we are being watched and harassed at every moment of our lives. It is desired to create a perception of insecurity in the society. Unfortunately, the life of the woman who has been crushed and tried to be destroyed for years. If women are seen guilty even walking on the street, it is now a necessity to increase solidarity."

 

‘The aim is to intimidate the people of Dersim’

 

Geyik Murat said: "The incident is very ugly and unacceptable. The aim is to intimidate the people of Dersim and to prevent them from their struggle. The people of Dersim must rise up. Everyone has to rebel. There is no other way out. This order has to come to an end."