Curfew in 3 Districts in Diyarbakır

* Photograph: AA Archive 

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Governorship of Diyarbakır has announced on its official website that curfew has been declared in 21 villages and hamlets in three districts as of 6 a.m. today (December 13).

The curfew has been declared on the ground of operations to be launched in the following villages and hamlets:

In Lice district: Budak, Dallıca, Türeli, Tepe, Kabakaya, Kutlu, Oyuklu

In Kulp district: Çukurca, Akbulak, Demirli, Bayırköy, Düzce, Temren, Taşköprü, Güleç, İnkaya, Barın, Üçkuyu, İnan

In Silvan district: Dolaplıdere, Dağcılar

The curfew has been attributed to the Provincial Management Law no 5442.* End time of the curfew has not been announced.

195th curfew in Diyarbakır

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) Documentation Center has determined that curfew was declared for at least 332 times in 11 provinces and at least 50 districts from August 16, 2015 to October 1, 2018.

CLICK - Curfew Declared for 332 Times in 3 Years

According to the report, at least 1 million 809 thousand people have been affected due to these curfews. The last curfew declared on December 13 has become the 195th curfew in the province.

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)

* Provincial Management Law no. 5442, Article 1 - Additional paragraph: "The governor can restrict entries and exits to certain places in the province for 15 days at most for people who are suspected to disturb public order and public security, when the public order is disturbed or serious indications are present to show that it will be disturbed; can regulate or restrict people's wanderings or gatherings in certain places and certain hours and can ban any type of weapon and ammunition from being kept."

(AS/VK)