VAN - Jineology Magazine employee Elif Gemicioğlu Yavic stated that prostitution and drugs are widespread in Kurdistan within the scope of special war policies, and that crimes committed by the state are left unpunished.

 

Special war policies, which were introduced as a continuation of the policies of denial and annihilation in Kurdistan, continue to target women and youth. So much so that drugs and prostitution in the region are tolerated and spread, while political youth are caught in the grip of detention and arrest.

 

Jineology Magazine employee Elif Gemicioğlu Yaviç drew attention to the fact that the crimes committed by the state within the scope of the special war were also covered up by the state.

 

'CHILDREN ARE TARGETED'

 

Drawing attention to the oppression against Kurds from history to the present, Yaviç said: “They killed, arrested, tortured Kurds but they could not destroy the Kurds; therefore, special war policies came into effect. Police, rangers, soldiers, sergeants were assigned to all areas of Kurdistan. Children in the region became the target of these groups. A high school student was raped in Wan by a sergeant before, and in Batman, İpek Er was raped by sergeant Musa Orhan. There are thousands of examples like this in Kurdistan."

 

'DRUGS ARE IGNORED IN REGION'

 

Noting that "addiction", another dimension of the private war, is spreading in Kurdistan, Yavic said on the drug policy: "How can the state, which is even aware of your conversations at home, not know about the drug dealer on the street?" There are cameras and military vehicles in everywhere. The state is aware of even the smallest action and can take 'measures', but is unaware of the drugs in the city. Drugs are easily sold everywhere in Wan and it is not possible for this to happen without the knowledge of the state. This sale is done by the government. The Governor of Siirt at the time said that those who will climb mountains and throw stones should engage in prostitution. These words are the summary of the special war that took place. These words show how systematically the war was waged."

 

IMPUNITY POLICIES FOR THE PERPETRATORS

 

Reminding that uniformed officials in the region were not punished even though they were involved in many crimes, Yavic said: “The state paves the way for these crimes to be committed anyway. These crimes are a policy of the state. It turned out that a child had been raped, among the perpetrators were public officials. N.Ç. in Merdîn, a prostitution gang including expert sergeants in Hakkari, many harassment and rape incidents took place in Şırnak and 70 percent of the perpetrators of these were soldiers, sergeants, rangers and religious leader. Only a few of the perpetrators of all these events were arrested, and those who were arrested received a "good conduct time" discount in the courts. Many perpetrators were promoted by changing their place of duty. In this case, the perpetrators are not expected to be punished, the society needs to be made aware of these policies."