Afrinpost-Special
This statement is only one of the directives and orders followed by the Turkish governor on the ears of a group of leaders of Islamic militias known as the “National Army”, during a meeting held in one of the districts of the occupied Afrin province, to follow up the Turkish occupation plan to impoverish the remaining indigenous Kurds, and forced them to displace in order to bring about a greater demographic change than is currently the case, for the benefit of settlers from the rural areas of Damascus, Homs and others, according to the correspondent of the “Afrinpost,” told a private source.
The Kurd is like a sponge.
In his directives to the leaders of the militias, the Turkish governor says, “The Kurdish is like a sponge, when you squeeze it in the palm of your hand, it shrinks. There have been crimes for more than a year.
“We do not implement half of the orders we have received from the Turks, otherwise your lives would be an intolerable hell,” one of the residents told one of the residents. “To show the residents of the security sector under his authority that he is compassionate and does not follow Turkish directives.” Their pity! Although he imposed an equal amount of 150 canisters of olive oil on the people of a village occupied by his militia, and applied more on the pretext that the acid of the oil he received, is high.
Arrests and kidnappings by the occupation forces, including the Muslim Brotherhood militia and the resulting psychological and physical torture and even murder, often burdened the Kurdish population in the region, which usually culminates in the payment of a “ransom” or financial guarantee paid by the detainee or kidnapped to the militants, in the end, in the pockets of those planning and protecting the perpetrators of any of the Turkish intelligence known as the “MIT”, and this is exactly what happened to the Kurdish youth, “MS”, who was detained by the militia “military police” for almost a month.
The charge is being a Kurd!
After weeks of torture in the Military Police prison, I was referred to the Military Court to hear my case. The judge asked me: What is your charge? My answer was I do not know, so he took another question and said, “What is in your register office”? I answered “Afrin, then you are accused of being a Kurd from Afrin!
He adds that the judge ordered his release pending a summons in time of need, to pay a bail of 1,000 Turkish liras, with the exception of bribes paid by his family to the militias in order to mediate and release him, which amounted to about $ 300.
The Islamic militias, with all their names from the city police, military, political security, criminal security, and others, justify the arrests because the targeted individuals are linked to the YPG or the former Self-Administration.
“Anyone with close or distant linked to the YPG is being transferred to Turkey immediately,” says Hevi, an educated woman who currently lives in the city of Afrin. “Other than arrests, it is only for financial blackmail.” Everyone will pay money ”
Hevi stresses that there is a real war waged on the livelihoods of the Kurdish citizens, to besiege them with the aim of expelling them from their land, especially the olive season, which is the backbone of the income of the people of the region, saying: Afrin and under the supervision of Turkey, came down $ 10 from the oil canister come up to 12 or 13 thousand which the worth of T-shirt! ”.
Starvation policies ..
This comes at a time when the Turkish governor in the city of Afrin held a meeting with his authorized dealers, and asked them to stop buying premium olive oil (Acid Zero) or the so-called «Alshkhoth», the price is currently (32) US dollars, and only buy the grade The second and third, with the aim of hitting prices, Afrinpost correspondent quoted sources familiar with the meeting.
It was decided at the same meeting to reduce the price of olive oil of the second and third kind by $ 5, to reach the equivalent of twelve thousand Syrian pounds, after it was sold the premium class for nineteen thousand Syrian pounds, and lower grades by (17_16) thousand Syrian pounds.
In addition, the Turkish governor had instructed Islamic militia gunmen to scrutinize the records of shipping offices, and not to allow them to ship large quantities out of the territory in areas controlled by the Syrian regime and self-management of northern and eastern Syria, with the aim of controlling low oil prices and cutting the living standards of Kurdish farms and impoverishing them and displace them.
The human rights organization in Afrin, which reports on violations in the region about the Turkish government’s direct supervision of the food and agricultural trade, said in a report: “The Turkish government has imposed through local councils its decisions regarding the general trade of food and agricultural and restrict its trade through agents. Accredited by them in cooperation and coordination with some of the influential administrators and supervisors of those local councils.
The human rights organization pointed to the emergence of the name of the settler trader “Tamer Kredi”, whose name appeared last season, where he was known for monopolizing the purchase of olive oil through intermediaries and enter it to Turkey and then exported abroad according to international standards and forged Turkish certificate of origin, made Turkey achieve financial returns estimated about two hundred million US dollars.
Official recognition ..
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, admitted during a parliamentary session held on November 24, that Turkey had stolen olive oil from the occupied Kurdish region of Afrin, exported it and sold it to the world. Olive stolen by the armed Islamic militias of his occupying army from Afrin
Gavishoglu faced criticism from opposition members who protested, saying that the proceeds from the sale of olive oil were used by the Turkish government to provide services in Afrin.
Afrin occupies the second place in the production of olive oil in Syria, where the number of olive trees about / 18 / million trees, and is a major source of income for most of its population.
Observers say the intersection of international and regional interests has allowed the Turkish government coalition of the AKP and the nationalist movement to pounce on the overwhelming Kurdish presence in the autonomous Afrin region that has provided security and stability throughout the years of the Syrian war.
On January 20, 2018, the Turkish occupation army, accompanied by hardline Islamic llaunched a military aggression against the Kurdish region. After nearly two months of YPG resistance, the province was occupied on March 18, 2018.
