Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities Regional Damage Assessment Report

Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities Regional Damage Assessment Report

UNION OF SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION MUNICIPALITIES REGIONAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT August 2015 - January 2016 www.gabb.gov.tr [email protected] [email protected] 1 CONTENTS The Overall Balance Sheet ............................................................................................................ 4 1. METHODOLOGY of THE SURVEY AND ITS TIME SPAN ............................................................. 6 2. PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ......................................................................... 8 I. MARDİN-DARGEÇİT (Survey conducted on October, 26, 27, and 28) .................................... 8 II. MARDİN-NUSAYBİN (Survey conducted on October 26-28, and November 27-28) ............... 9 III. MARDİN – DERİK (Survey conducted on December 4) ....................................................... 12 IV. DİYARBAKIR - SİLVAN (Survey conducted on November 16, 17, and 18) ............................ 14 V. DİYARBAKIR – SUR (A study conducted by TMMOB (UCTEA – Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects) in October)...................................................................................... 16 VI. DİYARBAKIR – BİSMİL (Survey conducted by TMMOB (UCTEA – Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects) in October).......................................................................... 19 VII. DİYARBAKIR – LİCE .......................................................................................................... 20 IX. HAKKARI - YUKSEKOVA .................................................................................................... 22 X. HAKKARİ - ŞEMDİNLİ ....................................................................................................... 23 XI. ŞIRNAK - CİZRE (Survey conducted by the TMMOB (UCTEA – Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects) in September 2015) ......................................................................... 24 XII. ŞIRNAK - SİLOPİ ............................................................................................................... 26 XIII. ŞIRNAK - BEYTÜŞŞEBAP ................................................................................................... 27 XIV. MUŞ - VARTO .................................................................................................................. 28 3. PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY MUNICIPALITIES ...................................................................... 31 4. PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN ................................................................................. 34 ANNEX…………………………………………………………………………………….........................................36 2 About GABB The Union of South-eastern Anatolian on organizing logistic support in times Region Municipalities is an official of war, disaster and emergency institution with 117 member situations; strengthening the solidarity municipalities directly involved in networks among member problems of settlements served by municipalities, raising awareness in the these municipalities. It also attempts’ international society and publishing to find radical solutions to problems regular reports. witnessed by member municipalities. In About the Report this respect, it aims at providing structural and sustainable solutions to a Hereby report includes a balance sheet wide range of problems from water, of the severe damage created by the sewage and other infrastructure conflict in the region following 7th of problems to urbanization-construction June Turkish General Elections. The problems, socio-economical troubles report includes the assessment of and ecological problems. GABB, thusly, damage and ecological destruction in aims at increasing the capacities of our conflicted towns affected by curfews cities and local administrations to cope with respect to women's suffering and with these problems by strengthening life and right violations in general. them. Curfews and high intensity clashes were The leading problems recently faced by still ongoing in Sur, Cizre and Silopi at our region can be classified as war, the time when the report was being conflict, migration, asylum seekers and prepared; therefore, the report does natural disasters. We had Van not include the final situation of the earthquake in 2011, while in 2014, the damage in these towns. As of the region received an immense flow of lettering of this report, conflicts migration in the aftermath of ISIS continue in towns like Cizre, Silopi, massacres of Shingali Yazidis, Nusaybin, Dargeçit, Sur. Field studies followed by the migration of Kobanê aiming at gathering data related to the people to cities like Suruç, Adıyaman, damage assessment reported hereby Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakir as part of were conducted before December 2015 Kobanê War of the same year. GABB when heavy weapons and military units recognized these as disaster and were deployed in city centres. The emergency situations and attempted to damage on humans, number of people find a solution to this humanitarian forced to emigrate and buildings crisis with the local administrations. Its destroyed and became dysfunctional particular activities were concentrated severely increased -and continues to 3 increase- since December 2015 in the migration, it is highly possible that this region in general and in these towns in figure is much higher. As a result of particular. The destruction caused by information from local resources, it can heavy weapons used in town centres, be said that emigration flow is generally leads to a serious accommodation towards nearby rural and urban problem of the population assumed to districts. An internal immigration route be temporarily displaced. According to is reported from Cizre and Silopi to the data issued on 11 January 2016 by Şırnak city center, from Nusaybin to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 50 pct Mardin city center and from Silvan and of overall 439 thousand of population Sur to other districts at the city center. in Cizre and Silopi/Sırnak; According to the estimated data we Sur/Diyarbakir, Nusaybin/Mardin were gathered from our interviews with the adversely affected by the clashes. This municipalities, deputies and related was announced to be 220 thousand 400 humanitarian aid associations, the people. Number of people emigrated ongoing emigration flow is twice as big from these four towns were reported to as the figures of the Ministry of Internal be around 93 thousand. Given the Affairs and it continues to get worse. practical impossibility of coming up with exact figures in times of internal The Overall Balance Sheet The data coming from institutions like The last curfew in Cizre which the Human Rights Association, witnessed 5 curfews in total was Mesopotamia Lawyer's Association, announced in 14.12.2015. 45 civilians Turkish Association of Human Rights, have been killed in the blockage that Mesopotamia Ecology Movement, The has been going on for 28 days. 78 Bar of Diyarbakir, depicts a seriously civilians lost their lives in Cizre since concerning picture with regards to July 2015. human right violations. The blockages which were firstly The last curfew in Silopi which announced in Varto in August 16 under witnessed 2 curfews in total was the name of “curfew,” went on in three announced in 14.12.2015. In the towns, namely Cizre, Silopi and Sur. 56 blockage that has lasted for 28 days, 26 curfews have been announced up until civilians have lost their lives. Since July now in 20 towns of 7 cities, amounting 2015, overall 39 civilians have lost their to overall 288 labour days. Following is lives in Silopi. the general situation in three towns where ongoing curfews have been announced as of 10 January 2016: 4 The last curfew was announced in When we have a look at the overall 02.12.2015 in Sur which witnessed 6 balance sheet of the clashes as of 10 curfews in total. 16 civilians have lost January 2016; 397 civilians, of which 56 their lives in the blockage that has been are kids and 78 are women lost their going on for 40 days. The number of lives in 20 July 2015 – 10 January 2016. civilians who have lost their lives since July 2015 in Sur is 20. 5 1. METHODOLOGY of THE SURVEY AND ITS TIME SPAN FIGURE No 1: The geographic locations of settlements that have been affected by the clashes in the region. The affected settlements include the districts of Varto, Nusaybin, Dargeçit, Lice, Dicle, Silvan, Sur, Bismil, Beytüşşebap, Silopi, Cizre, Şemdinli, Yüksekova, and İpekyolu. The GABB (the Union of South-eastern 2. Technical teams have been created Anatolia Region Municipalities) has among the engineers, architects, and pursued three research methods for the technicians form the GABB-member field studies: municipalities. These technical teams, which averagely consist of 50 members, 1. A common and standard damage conducted field studies in Suriçi, Nusaybin, assessment survey form has been created Silvan, Derik. in the meetings with Diyarbakir, Mardin, 3. For a number of districts which were and Van Province Coordination affected by the clashes (Şemdinli, Committees of the TMMOB (the Union of Yüksekova, Lice, Varto, Beytüşşebap), Chambers of Turkish Engineers and damage assessment reports that had been Architects) (see. Appendix 1). This form prepared by the district municipalities was used during the field visits (in Suriçi, with their own capacities or with the help Nusaybin, Cizre, Dargeçit, Dicle and of neighbouring municipalities were Bismil). requested and archived. 6 The clashes did not take place simultaneously in the districts.

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