Me'riskê

THE VILLAGE OF ME’RESKÊ

27.4.2016

The village of ME’RESKÊ was built on a hill with an altitude of about 600 meters above sea level. It is a very ancient village, also known by the name (GUNDÊ ÛSIB) because the elder or founder of the village was named ÛSIB.

The village of ME’RESKÊ is affiliated with the ŞERA district of the EFRÎNÊ canton, located 12 km south of the town of ŞERA and 17 km east of the city of EFRÎNÊ.

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The name of the village comes from the meaning (me’serê) or press, because there were many grape presses in the village, and this name was given to it.

The surroundings of the village are full of trees, and the courtyards and houses of the village are full of flowers, blossoms, and various trees. In every house, all kinds of flowers and roses are seen. This shows that the people of the village are very fond of agriculture, nature, and adornment.

HEMKULEK was the first person to settle in the village, so all the families of the village are known as the HEMKULEKÊ family, and he was the brother of HEMDÛŞ who settled in KEFERCENÊ.

All the residents of the village are from one family, that is, the HEMKULEK family, which is from the ŞIKAKA tribe. Also, half of the Hemkulekê family has settled in the village of ELKÊ and lives there.

The village of MESERKÊ is not large, but their courtyards are large and spacious, so there are only about 80 houses and around 700 people living in the village.

To the north of the village are Serê Kaniyê and the village of QITMÊ, to the east is also QITMÊ, to the south are Şewarexit Elcoz, and to the west are the villages of KEFERMİZÊ and MEŞALÊ.

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The entire area around the village is a plain, and its soil is red, which is very rich for agriculture.

It is worth mentioning that the LÊLÛN mountain range starts from this village and ends at the DEŞTA CÛMÊ.

To the west of the village, there is a spring named (Kaniya Kewan) because many partridges used to gather there, and hunters would hunt partridges there. The spring's water still flows, and it has become a place for picnics and excursions. Villagers visit it during the spring and summer seasons and have a good time.

In the village, there is a mosque, a commune, a women's commune, and a primary school where not only children but also women are educated in the Kurdish language.

The people of the village make their living primarily from planting olive trees and fruit orchards with more than 10 types of cherry trees. In 1970, the first tree was planted in this village, and later it spread to all the villages of the EFRÎNÊ canton. Along with it are vineyards, meaning grapes, walnuts, pomegranates, apricots, almonds, apples, and pears.

Along with the trees, the villagers plant fields of wheat, barley, lentils, chickpeas, and vegetables like pumpkins, gourds, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, and watermelons, for which the village is famous, and they sell these products in the markets of Efrînê.

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Some families also own livestock like sheep and goats, and some keep honeybees.

There are 6 olive presses, a soap factory, a pickling factory, and a cannery for preserving fruits and vegetables in the village. Many people also work in these factories and support their families.

More than half of the village's residents, both men and women, are employees in the institutions and bodies of the AUTONOMOUS ADMINISTRATION in the town of ŞERA and the city of EFRÎNÊ.

This village is known as the village of intellectuals because the rate of intellectuals and students, both male and female, in the village is very high, and more than 100 people have graduated from university in various fields.

It is worth mentioning that the village school was built by UNICEF in 1985, and it is one of the 5 schools in Syria that were built by this international organization.

To this day, the village of Mereskê is successful in education, and the sign of this is that 3 students from the village won the competition of the Democratic Society Education Committee at the canton level and were awarded. They are: Rodyana Tobal, Îbrahîm Tobal, and Meryem Yûsif.

From 2013 until the beginning of 2016, the village faced attacks from all the gangs, but they never bowed their heads.

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they did not bow and stood by the YPG and YPJ forces and defended their village. In this way, they wrote clean pages of resistance and heroism in the book of history.

There are 3 martyrs in the village who gave their lives in the NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF KURDISTAN and became symbols of freedom and victory, and the pictures of Ş. Îbo, Sêwas, and Amed Amanos are hung in the village.

The village commune is named Ş. Sêwas.

In June 2013, the Free Army attacked the village from 3 sides: east, south, and west. The people of the village, with the help of the YPG and YPJ, entered the trenches of war. 80% of the village's men stayed in their homes and took up the weapon of honor, while the children, elderly, and women left the village. The gangs used all heavy weapons against the village, firing nearly 100 shells at the village, and the war continued for 12 days. As a result, after the martyrdom of 4 YPG heroes, the gangs fled and could not enter the village, and the YPG fighters advanced. Afterwards, all the people of the village returned to their homes and places, and now they continue their lives with joy and happiness.