Hundreds At Imminent Risk Of Forced Eviction

Hundreds of residents in neighbourhoods of the Sur district in Diyarbakır province, south eastern Turkey, are at imminent risk of forced eviction. For over a month now, their water and electricity supplies have been cut off, in an apparent attempt to force them out. They have not been adequately consulted or compensated.

Hundreds of residents in neighbourhoods of the Sur district in Diyarbakır province, south eastern Turkey, are at imminent risk of forced eviction. For over a month now, their water and electricity supplies have been cut off, in an apparent attempt to force them out. They have not been adequately consulted or compensated. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Urging the authorities to immediately halt all evictions until genuine consultation with affected residents is conducted to identify all feasible alternatives to evictions and resettlement options, and until adequate alternative housing, compliant with requirements under international human rights law, is provided to all persons affected;
• Calling on them to immediately restore water and electricity supplies to the residents;
• Calling on them to ensure that adequate compensation is offered to all residents including tenants representing the true value of their loss and the harm they have suffered.

Contact these two officials by 10 August, 2017:

Minister of Environment and Town Planning Mehmet Özhaseki Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı Vekaletler Cad. No:1 Bakanliklar / Ankara, Turkey Fax: + 90 312 418 04 06 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Minister

Ambassador Serdar Kiliç, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey 2525 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20008 Phone: 1 202 612 6700 OR 202 612 6701 Fax: 1 202 612 6744 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TurkishEmbassy Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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