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Permission
Granted for Resettlemet in Only 4 Villages in Dersim
Ozgur Politika June 19, 2002 Noting
that the authorities in Dersim have refused to grant 166 families that
were forced to migrate from their villages in 1994 permission to return
to their
During
the intense operations launched in 1994 151 villages and 800 rural areas
were evacuated on grounds that these villages provided logistic support
to the PKK. Last year, the Governor's Office granted the villagers permission
to return to 30 villages. This year, in turn, permission was granted to
return to 20 villages. Despite the fact that the MGK's recent decision
to lift the OHAL in Dersim, a great number of villagers are being prevented
from returning to their villages. Applying to the Tunceli Governor's Office
on behalf of 166 families that want to return to 31 villages, Bar Association
Chairman Huseyin Aygun said: "In its reply, the Governor's Office noted
that it can currently grant the villagers permission to return to four
villages and that it cannot grant permission to return to the remaining
27 villages." Drawing attention to the fact that the four villages in question
are very close to the district centers and the military bases, Akgun underlined
that this is why the Governor's Office agrees to grant the villagers permission
to return to these villages. Akgun said: "It is oblivious that the state
does not want to resolve this problem. Our people are suffering more every
passing day. We will apply to the European Court of Human Rights in order
to defend the rights of our villagers."
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