31 areas in Hakkari banned for public
31 areas in Hakkari have been declared “special security areas” between January 9 and 23 as part of the operation the Turkish army is to conduct. Entrance to and exit from the areas have been banned.
Curfew in 69 villages in Diyarbakir
Turkey declared a curfew in 69 villages of Diyarbakir ahead of a military operation.
According to the statement by Diyarbakir governate, the residents of 69 villages in Lice and Kulp districts of Diyarbakir province will have to stay indoors until further notice.
Affected villages in Lice and Kulp are:
Lice: Yalimli, Akçabûdak, Ûlûcak, Kiliçli, Yorûlmaz, Guldîken; Baharlar, Ûçdamlar, Yaprakkoy, Yunluce û gundikên Keşkûvarî, çiftlik, Leyhosor, Mahmûtlû, Tahtakulek, Ballica, Mahmûdan, Yenîyazi, Hij, Gozelî, dergan, Aliçliyayla, Bubán, Kaynaktaşi, Dokûzkat, Aliyan, Abdurrahmanaga, Aşagihodîk, Konûklû, Perpank, Yeşîlbûrç, Kîlîmlî, Gelberî, Bîlgîn, Hegogozer, Koçmarîn, Mehmedîl, Saglik, Gonen, Hamzabey, Sikas, Guçûk, Eskîkoy, Semezî, Yaka, Karac, Kayadîbî, Baverda and Kûmûmîrza.
Kulp: Agilli, Akdorûk, Agáçli, Aşagielmali, Çaglayan, Kaynakkoy, Karpûzlû, Agilli, Derecîk, Harabe, Guldîken, Dîrlîk, Kefan, Yûkarielmali, Deveboylû, Astal, Işiklar, Gumuşsûyû, Soganli and Çotûk.
30 areas in Dersim banned
30 areas in Dersim have been declared “special security zones” amid ongoing military operations against the Kurdish movement across Northern Kurdistan.
30 areas in Dersim have been declared “special security zones”.
The ban includes 30 areas in Dersim central, Ovacık, Pülümür and Hozat.
The Tunceli Governorate issued a statement and said, “30 areas in Tunceli’s Central, Ovacık, Pülümür, Hozat and Nazımiye districts have been declared Special Security Zones between January 16 and 30, 2018.
Turkey imposes curfews in Kurdish-majority province
The Diyarbakir governor's office said a total of 176 curfews had been imposed in the province
Turkey on Wednesday imposed curfews in dozens of villages and towns in Diyarbakir province in the Kurdish-majority southeast, in anticipation of a new operation against Kurdish militants inside the country.
The Diyarbakir governor's office said a total of 176 curfews had been imposed in the province, where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is known to be active.
"A curfew is in place from Wednesday 0800 (0500 GMT) until a second announcement is made" in the villages and towns in the districts of Silvan, Kulp, Lice and Hazro, it said in a statement.
It said the curfews will allow security forces to "neutralise" members and collaborators of the "separatist terrorist organisation" - Turkey's official term for the PKK.
The PKK has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 but fighting has intensified in the region since the collapse of a two-year ceasefire in 2015.
The group is blacklisted as a terror organisation by Ankara, the United States and the European Union. Over 40,000 people have been killed in the three-decade conflict.
After the collapse of the ceasefire, Turkish authorities imposed months-long curfews in many southeastern areas as part of their operations against the PKK.
Although the Turkish authorities insist most of these operations are over, they regularly take measures including a two-day curfew imposed in 60 villages in Diyarbakir earlier this month.
The new curfews come after Turkey launched a cross-border offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria.
Ankara says the YPG is a "terrorist" offshoot of the PKK but the militia has been working closely with the US against the Islamic State group in Syria.
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