People of Şirnex demand cancel of dam projects 

2025-07-02 16:16:08


	ANKARA - The citizens of Şirnex, who spoke out in front of the ministry against the dam projects planned to be built in Cizîr and Roboskî, demanded the cancellation of the project that will lead to the destruction of ecological and historical sites.

	Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MPs, the Ecology Commission of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) and citizens from Şirnex (Şırnak) attended the meeting of the Investigation and Evaluation Commission (İDK) held at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change regarding the 2 dam projects planned to be built in Cizîr district of the city and Roboskî village of Qileban (Uludere) district.

	 

	VILLAGERS: WE WILL FIGHT

	 

	Fadıl Bedirhanoğlu from the village of Sax û Hepler said that the meeting was the last meeting in the project process: "We attended the meeting and expressed our objections. We showed them the wrong points and stated that we will fight this process until the end. We wanted the project to be cancelled completely. Our village is built on a Neolithic city. Without any excavation or scientific research, finds that will perhaps mark the history of the region and even the world are wanted to be buried in the water. We will not accept this."

	 

	HISTORICAL SITES ARE TARGETED

	 

	DEM Party MP Newroz Uysal Aslan stated that they held two separate meetings with the ministry on the issue. "We made evaluations on nature massacres and ecological destruction in Kurdistan. Both projects are aimed at destroying nature. The areas where these projects are intended to be realised are places where historical Assyrian settlements and traces of the Bedirxans are located, some of which should be protected as protected areas," she said. 

	 

	RENT-ORIENTED PROJECTS

	 

	Stating that they do not accept rent-oriented demolition projects, Newroz Uysal Aslan concluded: "We have expressed our objections here today. We hope that our objections will lead to decisions that are in line with the nature and history of the region. We will follow this process and we will continue our struggle against these crimes against nature and raise our voices even louder."