1 Police, 1 Child Killed in Nusaybin

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A 15-year-old child and a police officer died in Turkey’s southeastern Nusaybin district of Mardin province where curfew has been ongoing for three days.

According to Hürriyet daily, two police officers wounded in the conflict erupted in Fırat Neighborhood. One of the officers taken to Nusaybin State Hospital for treatment has lost his life. The other wounded has been referred to Mardin State Hospital after the first response.

Hakan Doğan aged 15 wounded in Abdülkadirpaşa Neighborhood lost his life in Nusaybin State Hospital, as Yüksekovahaber (Yüksekovanews) reported.

4 dead in 2 days

Following the curfew declared in Nusaybin on December 6, 55-year-old Mehmet Emin İnan and unidentified person lost their lives. Ali Yüce (36), Zelal Çiftçi 15), Ahmet Çetinkaya (51), Rabia Taylan (49) and Cudi Teber had been wounded.

Cudi Teber kaldırıldığı hastanede dün hayatını kaybetmiş, dün ağır yaralanan Fehime Aktı (56) adlı kadın da hastanede hayatını kaybetmişti.

Teber and a woman named Fehime Aktı (56) had lost their lives in the hospital they were taken. 

About Nusaybin

Nusaybin is one of the 10 districts of Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin. The population is 97,156. Its southern neighboring country is Syria.

Its Co-Mayors are Sara Kaya and Cengiz Kök from Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).

November 1, 2015 General Election Results

HDP (% 89,38), Justice and Development Party (AKP) (% 8,62), People’s Republican Party (CHP) (% 0,63), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) (% 0,55)

June 7, 2015 General Election Results

HDP (% 90,42, AKP (% 6,53), MHP (% 0.80), CHP (% 0,37) (ÇT/TK)