A reporter entered the Turkish border area, which is conducting military operations against minority Kurdish armed organizations in northern Syria. Residents of Kurdish-based towns had tensions that couldn't be expressed in a complicated way. And the Syrian side under attack was confused and the residents suffered.
Nusaibin, southeastern Turkey, bordering Syria. When the reporter visited, there was a fresh bloody band on the streets of the city. A counterattack mortar hit directly from the Syrian town of Kamishiri across the border, killing nine citizens. Residents passing nearby gathered bloody pebbles and expressed condolences to the victims.
Residents say that the second shot exploded in a place where people gathered for rescue a few minutes after the shells dropped in a private house about 50 meters away.
While taking a photo, an old man struck me as “Why the media doesn't write the truth. Why is President Erdogan so scary?”
Nusaibin is home to many Kurds and many supporters of the Kurdish political party of the National Opposition Party, the People's Democracy Party (HDP). After the coup attempt in July 2016, the powerful Erdogan government repressed criticism of the government, including HDP, under a state of emergency. Tightening of Kurdish media has been strengthened, and 90% of the media is in a state of pro-government.
About five minutes after I started interviewing in an apartment damaged by shells, two police armored cars stopped outside, and several police officers with rifles came out. A young male police officer who asked for an ID card asked, “There is a media that praises Turkey ’s reputation. It seemed to be wary of Turkey's military operations being accused by the international community.
On the main street in the center of Nusaibin ...
