“We weren’t interested in the political views of the applicants. We weren’t asking to which party they were voting for,” says Şerif Camcı. Village guards, AKP supporters and HDP supporters: they all had received aid from the bank for years.
People learnt that I was working for İMC TV until recently and that the channel was closed through Statutory Decree. They also learnt that I am married to a Kurd. My son’s name is Deniz Jiyan but here I had to call him Deniz. With all these things, I couldn’t continue with the shop and I closed it.”