Curfew in Lice

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The Governorship of Diyarbakır has announced that a curfew has been declared in 21 villages and their hamlets in the district of Lice in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır as of 6 a.m today (February 12) on the ground that an operation will be launched in the region.

The curfew has been shared with the public in a written statement published on the official website of the governorship. The ending date of the curfew has not been announced in the statement.

The curfew, which has been declared as per the Law no. 5442 on Provincial Administration*, has been in effect in the following villages and their hamlets:

Arıklı, Güçlü, Uçarı, Ziyaret, Serince, Kayacık, Ortaç, Yalaza, Çavundur, Dolunay, Bağlan, Kabakaya, Çağdaş, Dibekköy, Yolçatı, Tepe, Budak, Sığınak, Kıyıköy, Dallıca and Damar.

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)