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This report was written on the basis of field
research carried out in Diyarbakir and Bingöl provinces
in November 2004, and through further telephone and written inquiries carried
out in December 2004. The information was gathered from interviews with
displaced people, government officials and nongovernmental specialists. The
report was researched and written by Jonathan Sugden, Turkey Researcher in the
Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. It was edited by Ben
Ward, special counsel in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights
Watch, and Widney Brown, deputy program director for Human Rights Watch. Dinah
PoKempner, general counsel for Human Rights Watch, provided legal review. Anna
Sinelnikova, associate for the Europe and Central Asia Division, provided
invaluable production and editorial assistance.
Human Rights Watch is grateful to the
Association for Solidarity with Migrants and Culture (Göç-Der), the Turkish Human Rights Association (HRA), and especially Rıdvan Kızgın, president of the
Bingöl branch of the HRA, for
their contributions to this report. We thank the many internally displaced
villagers who shared their stories with us, and we hope that this report will
encourage the Turkish government to take prompt action, in collaboration with
the international community, to establish effective support for IDPs living in
the cities or returning to the countryside.
