One Person Killed on Street in Cizre

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Police proceed military supported operation in Cizre District of Şırnak. In the district under curfew, armed conflicts occur.

According to the report of Fırat News Agency (ANF), a civilian named Salih Erdim has been shot to death in the middle of a street.

CLICK - SILENCE HAS TAKEN OVER IN CIZRE

The armed conflicts intensify in the neighbourhoods of Sur, Cudi, Nur and Yasef. According to the report of Doğan News Agency (DHA), police special operations teams and specially trained gendarmerie teams stand in the armed conflict together which has arisen following the curfew declared on 11 p.m. yesterday (December 15)

CLICK - CURFEW IN CIZRE, SILOPI

MPs from Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who want to head for Şırnak are being blocked by police and soldiers.

Şırnak yolunda ilk engel... Cizre'ye 20 km. kala durdurulduk... pic.twitter.com/CGL29PyJzn

— Ertuğrul Kürkçü (@ekurkcuHDP) 16 Aralık 2015

Ertuğrul Kürkçü, İzmir MP of HDP has posted on his Twitter account: “First hinderance on the way to Şırnak...we have been stopped by 20 km away from Cizre”. 

About Cizre district

Şırnak Governor: Ali İhsan Su

Cizre sub-Governor: Ahmet Adanur

Cizre Mayor: Leyla İmret (BDP)

Population: 132,857

Politics

Border trade

Cizre is historically an important settlement. Historic Silk Way goes through Cizre. Income channel of the region is border trade. The Syrian civil war has dealt a huge blow on the economy of the district.

Agriculture

The locals mostly go to various regions in Turkey as seasonal agricultural worker. Because of abandoning villages in the 90s, agricultural lands have considerably lost their economic value. Another reason why the agriculture regressed is decrease in river discharge because of dams built on the river.  

Bilingual city

The population is predominantly Kurdish. Practice of bilingualism has been carried into especially in municipality services in the Solution Process. The signs in the district are mostly bilingual. (AS/DG)