Although Sarmaşık Association is closed, the employees are still calling and asking about their conditions, says Gülizar Doğan. “We were like relatives with all the employees working there. I hope they reopen it. Besides provisions, they were helping us a lot. We never received any aid from anywhere else. Sometimes the state was giving out coal, but we never received any. Even if we went there, it would be difficult. They put you in a queue and make you wait for hours. There is also favoritism.”
Gulîzer Dogan diyar dike ku her çiqas çend meh in Sarmaşik hatibe girtin jî, xebatkarên wan hê jî li wan digerîn û halên wan dipirsin: “Em bi kesên li wir dixebitin re êdî bûbûn malbat. Hêvî dikim ku dîsa komele vebe. Ji xeynî xurek û zexîreyê jî gelek alîkariyên wan digihişte me. Me ji xeynî Sarmaşikê ji ti cihê alîkarî negirtiye. Dewletê hin caran komir belav dikir, lê nedidana me. Ji xwe ku em biçin jî, gelek zehmet e, divê mirov bi saetan di dorê de bisekine. Her wiha li wir torpil jî heye.”