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Kurdish militants kill two Turkish soldiers, wound six in bomb attack

Turkish police killed two women in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday on a cell of suspected militants in Istanbul, media reports said.

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Human Rights Watch said the state had put neighborhoods under curfew and cut off people’s access to water, electricity and food.


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A police spokesperson said the incident occurred in the afternoon near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate, a popular tourist spot. Most have taken place around the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Old City’s Muslim quarter.

Airstrikes by Turkish security forces have been ongoing in the province.

She maintained to ignore or cover up the plight of the Kurds “would only confirm the widely held belief… when it comes to police and military operations against Kurdish armed groups, there are no limits – there is no law”. The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) said 27 civilians were killed on Tuesday and the Human Rights Association, an NGO, told the DPA news agency on Saturday that civilians who had not fled the city were being killed by rockets and tanks.

Since August 16, provincial authorities in the southeast have announced repeated prolonged curfews in whole cities and towns or in particular neighborhoods.

Traditionally foccused on the countryside, the PKK has shifted to southeastern towns, setting up barricades and digging trenches to keep security forces away. Since the settlement process to resolve the country’s Kurdish issue ended, approximately 200 members of the security forces have been killed; curfews have been imposed in 17 southeastern districts, and almost 200,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes due to fighting and curfews.

Demirtas accused the government and military of targeting citizens who were presented as “terrorists”.

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Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu gave a speech to the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) where he vowed to eliminate the PKK’s threat. The visit is likely to further damage ties between Russia and Turkey, already at a low over the downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish air force last month. Turkish lawmakers can not be prosecuted unless parliament first strips them of their immunity. Members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, have been fighting the Turkish state for decades, calling for Kurdish self-determination.

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