The more we offer the villagers, the more they want. And if I can give it, I will.The terrorists had the support of the local people [Kurds], but it was at gunpoint. In the past the terrorists would burn the government bulldozers. Now people see that if you don't have bulldozers, you'll get no road.

I once tried to take the army unit here [Kurdish village] back to the barracks, but the village chief came and said he would resign if I did.Soldiers [Turks] here help with irrigation, painting walls, building carpet workshops, and so on. When there's an army unit here, the villagers even have a doctor and free medicine.