The Turkish Army and police have entered the city of Silvan in southeastern Turkey, which has a mainly Kurdish population, reports say, adding that intensive gunfire and heavy artillery are rocking the city.
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The rebels were still attacking security forces with long-range rifles, it said.
In turn, the PKK conducted retaliatory attacks targeting Turkish soldiers and police, accusing Ankara of supporting ISIL – a claim which has been vehemently denied by the government.
Daily clashes have so far killed more than 120 security personnel and hundreds of militants.
Authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew on Silvan, where two soldiers were shot dead by suspected PKK militants on Thursday as they left for work.
An HDP spokesman had no immediate information on the arrests.
The petition alleged that Kisanak had attended a Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) rally in southeastern Diyarbakir province’s Yenisehir district on the sidelines of the global Women’s Day on March 8 in HDP’s official election vehicle along with a group of 400 people.
Opinion polls show the AKP may at the November.
According to sources, counter-terrorism teams, backed up by helicopters, launched a massive operation against the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in 28 districts of the metropolis, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The PKK – designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the USA and European Union – renewed its armed campaign against the Turkish state in the aftermath of the July 20 suicide bombing in Suruc that killed 33 pro-Kurdish activists. The conflict has cost more than 40,000 lives.
