Tension Escalates in Turkey’s Southeast

A lieutenant has died, a specialist sergeant wounded in Turkey's southeastern Silvan district of Diyarbakır province whose three neighborhoods have been imposed curfew for nine days.

İstanbul

In the clashes occurred in the ninth day of curfew declared in Turkey's southeastern Silvan district of Diyarbakır province, a lieutenant died, a specialist sergeant wounded.

According to initial findings, civilians named Müslüm Tayar, Sertip Polat, Engin Gezici, İsmet Gezici, Mehmet Gündüz, Yakup Sinba, and special forces officer Necmi Çakır have died during the operations conducted by helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles following the curfew declared last week on November 3.

Many people have been reportedly wounded in the district.

CLICK - HDP ON SİLVAN INCIDENTS

Second HDP delegation goes to Silvan

Second Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) delegation arrived in Silvan at around 2 p.m. HDP deputies Feleknas Uca and Nursel Aydoğan said they worry about people's lives in the district. "People in the district face the possibility of a massacre", said Uca.

HDP Co-Spokesperson Sebahat Tuncel has addressed Justice and Development Party (AKP) saying "You cannot resolve the issue with tanks and shelling".

Demirtaş: There is city war which military involves in Silvan

According to news on Yüksekova News, HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş speaking to Med Nuçe TV channel has responded to questions about Silvan.

"City war"

"It is known that attacks have been launched by helicopter. A city war is taking place which military involves in. It is beyond a police operation.

"Land forces were hesitating to enter the city. They were deployed on strategic hills, however today police and military carry on an operation together".

"Democracy front"

"Silvan doesn't resist as to a local issue. It is maintaining a stance, a resistance with respect to future of Kurdish society. Everyone must see the resistance in this way and embrace it.

"We are prepared to resist by our people's side. We are aware of the importance of forming a bloc against war front. We will gather with political party leaders in order to form a democracy bloc in the forthcoming days". (EKN/HK/TK)

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BIA News Desk