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A Kurdish man describes fear of military attacks in Turkey
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee Sur, a historic district of Diyarbakir, the biggest city in the southeast, CNN Turk said based on a report from the HDP.
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“To ignore or cover up what’s happening to the region’s Kurdish population would only confirm the widely held belief in the southeast that when it comes to police and military operations against Kurdish armed groups, there are no limits – there is no law”, it said.
HRW also called on the PKK to stop planting explosives in trenches and erecting walls cutting off neighborhoods.
Police use water cannons and teargas to disperse people protesting against security operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, in Istanbul, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. The education ministry recalled teachers from the area and schools were closed, as were health services due to a lack of doctors, among some 200,000 people who have fled the conflict zone. France 24 reported that at least two Turkish soldiers and five civilians were also killed in the clashes. Several people across three cities were detained.
A full investigation is needed to determine in each case whether members of the security forces unlawfully killed civilians or whether civilians were killed in crossfire, by armed fighters or by flying shrapnel during armed clashes.
Demirtas said the campaign was targeting locals who were presented as “terrorists”. 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. Lawmakers can not be prosecuted unless stripped of immunity by parliament.
The pro-Kurdish protesters meanwhile threw stones at the security forces, the photographer added.
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The statement said that a Turkish soldier and two PKK terrorists were also killed in an operation in Olek village in the southeastern province of Bitlis, according to the state-run Anadolu agency. The army said that two schools used by the PKK as hideouts had been rendered inoperable while a stash of arms had been seized in Silopi. In recent years the PKK has been pressing for greater autonomy and rights for the Kurds, Turkey’s largest minority.