Photographs of 11-Day Curfew in Nusaybin

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What had happened during the curfews which had lasted 11 days in four neighbourhoods, four days in 11 neighbourhoods and had been lifted yesterday morning (December 24) has reflected to photographs as follows:

On the photographs originated from the state-run Anadolu (Anatolian) News Agency (AA), one can observe that the buildings and roads have been severely damaged.

It has been announced that the curfew declared in 15 neighbourhoods of Nusaybin had been lifted as of yesterday (December 24) at 10 a.m. This had been the sixth curfew declared in the district.

The curfew had been going on since December 14 in the Abdulkadirpaşa, Fırat, Dicle and Yenişehir neighbourhoods of the district .

On December 21, curfew had been declared additionally in Yenituran, Yeşilkent, Mor Yakup, Zeynelabidin, Kışla, 8 Mart, Devrim, Selahaddin Eyyubi, İpekyolu, Gırnavas and Barış neighbourhoods.

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)

 (AS/DG)