ثمن أن تقول "لا" للحرب في تركيا

كانت الساعة قد تجاوزت منتصف الليل بقليل. كنت أشاهد التلفاز غير بعيد عن ولديّ وهما يلعبان.
كان ابني الأصغر يلعب بقطع الليجو بينما أخذ الأكبر سنا يلعب على هاتفه. كان زوجي معنا أيضا وبرفقته صديق. ليلة الأحد التقليدية. سمعت فجأة دويا مرعبا. في البداية ظننت أن زلزالا ضرب المنطقة لكني بعد ذلك أدركت أن الصوت مصدره باب المنزل الأمامي. ولأن ذكريات الحرب لا تزال عالقة بالأذهان خطر ببالي أن منزلنا يتعرض لهجوم ويواجه قصفا وإطلاق نار.
صرخت في طفليّ أن يبقيا حيث هما وألا يقتربا. شيئا فشيئا أدركنا أن الرجال الموجودين في الجانب الآخر من المنزل هم عناصر من الشرطة كانوا يحاولون اقتحام باب منزلنا. في الواقع كان الباب قويا جدا لذا بدأ الحائط يتشقق من حوله. وحين عجزوا عن اختراق

The price of saying “no” to war in Turkey

It was just after midnight. I was watching TV as my sons played nearby. My younger son was playing with Lego as my older son played on his phone. My husband and another friend were also with us. A normal Sunday night. All of a sudden, I heard a terrible noise. At first, I thought it was an earthquake. I then figured out that the sound was coming from the front door. With war as a not so distant memory, I thought perhaps our house was under attack, being bombed and shot at.

Aaaauuu…. ttttttoooo …. Shooooooowww

Aaaauuu….  ttttttoooo …. Shooooooowww

The alarm rang at its usual time of 7:30. I woke up the children and rushed into the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Normally, while preparing breakfast, I would watch news on the TV. This was before the closing of Kurdish TV and alternative media channels. There are no trustworthy media channels that give news from the Region anymore. So today, my birds and turtles keep me company instead of the TV.

As the children started their breakfast, I checked my mobile phone. I saw many messages from my friends in the West. They sent messages like “how are you? Are you okay?” From their messages, I understood that something bad had happened in my city or in the country. I immediately opened the TV, and checked CNN Turk. I tried to understand what had happened. There are a lot of advertisements on CNN Turk. I was sure something important had happened, but I couldn’t find it on Turkish media.

A man on CNN Turk was shouting, “Aaaauuu….  ttttttoooo …. shooooooowww”. It was an advertisement.