Curfews in 37 Villages, Hamlets in Diyarbakır’s Districts of Lice, Hani

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Diyabakır Governorship has announced that a curfew has been declared in 37 villages and hamlets in the districts of Lice and Hani in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Announcing the curfew on its official website, the governorship has stated that the indefinite curfew will be in force as of 8 a.m. today (March 27).

As per the Law No. 5442 for Provincial Administration, the curfew will be in force in the following villages and hamlets:

In the district of Hani, the villages of Kaledibi, Akçayurt, Topçular, Y. Turalı, Kalaba, Uzunlar, Serenköy and the hamlets of Başaklı, Güzelce, Taşburun, Karapilyari, Mezartarlası, Sıraevler, Horsel, Çay, Damlatepe, Uysal, A. Turalı, Gürbulak.

In the district of Lice, the villages of Şenlik, Birlik, Abalı, Erginköy, Tuzlaköy, Çeper, Daralan ve Duruköy and the hamlets of Elmadere, Ağılçık, Akçapınar, Ayaz, Şakan, Boyluca, Dahlık, Alikahya, Hacımusabey ve Kutlamış. (AS/SD)

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)