Operation Ends, Curfew Lifted in Diyarbakır

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The Governorship of Diyarbakır has announced that the curfew declared in 23 villages and their hamlets in Lice, Hazro and Kocaköy in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır on January 14 has been lifted.

According to the statement published on the official website of the Governorship, after the operations launched in the 23 villages of the three districts ended, the curfew was lifted as of January 15.

The curfew has been lifted in following villages:

In Lice: Villages of Serince, Kayacık, Uçarı, Ziyaret, Esenler, Ortaç, Yalaza, Çavundur, Dolunay, Bağlan, Kabakaya, Kutlu, Oyuklu and their hamlets;

In Kocaköy: Village of Boyunlu Köyü and its hamlets;

In Hazro: Villages of Gözebaşı, Sarıerik, Meşebağları, Kavaklıboğaz, Kırmataş, Terdöken, Çitlibahçe, Dadaş, Ormankaya and their hamlets.

Highest number of curfews in Diyarbakır

According to the figures shared by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on January 3, 2019, Diyarbakır has been the province, where the highest number of curfews were declared.

CLICK - 'At Least 351 Curfews Declared in Last 3.5 Years'

Accordingly, in 3 years, 4 months and 16 days from August 16, 2015 to January 3, 2019, 204 curfews were declared in Diyarbakır.

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)

* Law no. 5442 on Provincial Administration, 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/SD)