Operation, Curfew in Diyarbakır’s Districts of Lice, Kulp

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In 69 villages and hamlets in the districts of Lice and Kulp in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır, curfew has been declared on the ground that an operation will be launched.

The indefinite curfew will be in force in 20 villages and 39 hamlets in the district of Lice and in seven villages and 13 hamlets in the district of Kulp.

Diyarbakır Governorship has announced on its official website that the curfew, which has been in force as of yesterday evening (April 26), includes the following villages and hamlets:

In the district of Lice, the villages of Yalımlı, Akçabudak, Ulucak, Kılıçlı, Yorulmaz, Güldiken, Baharlar, Üçdamlar, Yaprakköy and Yünlüce; the hamlets of Keşkuvari, Çiftlik, Leyhosor, Mahmutlu, Tahtakülek, Ballıca, Mahmudan, Yeniyazı, Hij, Gözeli, Dergan, Alıçlıyayla, Buban, Kaynaktaşı, Dokuzkat, Aliyan, Abdurrahmanağa, Aşağıhodik, Konuklu, Perpank, Yeşilburç, Kilimli, Gelberi, Bilgin, Hegogözer, Koçmarin, Mehmedil, Sağlık, Gönen, Hamzabey, Sıkas, Guçik, Eskiköy, Semezi, Yaka, Karaç, Kayadibi, Baverda and Kumumirza.

In the district of Kulp, the villages of Ağıllı, Akdoruk, Ağaçlı, Aşağıelmalı, Çağlayan, Kaynakköy and Karpuzlu; the hamlets of Ağıllı, Derecik, Harabe, Güldiken, Dirlik, Kefan, Yukarıelmalı, Deveboynu, Astal, Işıklar, Gümüşsuyu, Soğanlı and Çotuk.

Governorship has announced that an operation will be launched in these villages and hamlets and entrance to these areas as of April 25 at 11 p.m. have been forbidden.

About Diyarbakır According to the Turkish Statistical İnstitute, in 2014 Diyarbakır was Turkey’s 12th most populated city, with a population of 1,635,048. The population of the city center is 834,854. Diyarbakır’s (Amed’s) city center has about 9000 years of recorded history. The Diyarbakır Castle and Gardens was named a Global Heritage site by UNESCO in 2015. Dicle University was opened in 1978. Diyarbakır Governor: Hüseyin Aksoy Municipality co-chairs: Gültan Kışanak, Furat Anlı (Democratic Regions Party). (The elected Municipality Co-Chairs of Diyarbakır were arrested and the former District Governor of Etimesgut, Cumali Atilla, who has been appointed as a trustee to the municipality, took office on November 2, 2016)

(AS/SD)