Medine Mamedoğlu-Piroz Zırığ

 

ŞIRNAK - Behiye Nayır, mother of Pakize Nayır one of three Kurdish women killed during “curfew” declared in Silopi two years ago, talked about her daughter. “She liked this cause since her childhood. She liked everyone who likes this cause,” Behiye said she would follow her daughter’s struggle.

 

Seve, Pakize, Fatma are three Kurdish women, who were killed by the state forces during the curfew declared in Silopi district of Şırnak province on January 5, 2016. Two years have passed since they were killed. The three women, who had different life stories, crossed paths with each other and they became immortal on January 5. One of these women 24 years old Pakize Nayır was born and grew up in Silopi. She shouldered the responsibility of her family both economically and morally since she was a child. She began to work as a textile worker when she was 12 years old and she worked as seasonal worker in spring months. She supported her family while she became a part of struggle for freedom of the Kurdish people. She joined the works of women and politics at an early age. She kept supporting her family by opening a hairdresser salon, while she was Co-chair of Silopi People's Assembly.

 

Following the curfew declared in Silopi on December 14, 2015, armored vehicles opened fire on Pakize, Seve Demir and Fatma Uyar and killed them on January 4. Behiye Nayır, mother of Pakize Nayır, who remembers Pakize as a person who was very courageous and never stepped back, said she would follow her daughter’s struggle no matter what happens.

 

Behiye keeps her word to her sister by being an administrator of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Silopi. She began to talk after kissing her daughter’s photo taken while she was studying for university entrance exam.

 

‘She liked everyone who likes this cause’

 

Behiye said, “She just liked this cause since her childhood. She read books; she liked everyone who likes this cause. She wasn’t injustice to anyone; she didn’t do anything to anyone. She was a young woman and she was working. She had her own saloon. She was a hardworking and intelligent woman. She was the hope of our family and she protected everyone. Since her childhood, she tried to add something to this struggle and at the end she lost her life for this struggle.”

 

Behiye said she would never forget that night and the savagery was against not only her daughter but also against all Kurdish people and she added, “Our children are Kurds. They struggled for their cause and language. They wanted to have justice and freedom. Why everyone has the right to ask for these, but the Kurds haven’t? My daughter was a member of the party. She got her party ID from police station, they knew that. But what they did, they first wounded her and then opened fire on her and killed her. Then, they announced her as “a terrorist”. If you live in territory of Kurdistan, you are considered as a terrorist even if you are three years old.”

 

‘We stand by their cause’

 

Behiye underlined that she will follow and stand by her daughter’s struggle no matter what happens and that she will carry out her uncompleted struggle. Behiye continued to talk as follows; “My daughter called ambulance many times that day. She said, “We are wounded, we can die of blood loss”. But they didn’t send the ambulance there and they opened fire on my daughter and her friends. We stand by their cause. I will follow her struggle until I die. I will follow the struggle of our people’s children. My daughter knew what she was doing, so they were afraid of her.”