Curfew in Diyarbakır’s Districts of Lice, Hani

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A curfew has been declared by Diyarbakır Governorship in 18 hamlets and villages in Lice and 19 in Hani due to an operation to be launched.

According to the governorship’s statement, the indefinite ban that started at 6 p.m. yesterday (September 3) included the following regions:

Hani: Hamlets of, Kaledibi, Akçayurt, Topçular, Y. Turalı, Kalaba, Uzunlar, Serenköy köyleri ile Başaklı, Güzelce, Taşburun, Karapilyari, Mezartarlası, Sıraevler, Horsel, Çay, Damlatepe, Uysal, A. Turalı, Gürbulak.

Lice: Hamlets of Şenlik, Birlik, Abalı, Erginköy, Tuzlaköy, Çeper, Daralan, Duruköy köyleri ile Elmadere, Ağılçık, Akçapınar, Ayaz, Şakan, Boyluca, Dahlık, Alikahya, Hacımusabey, Kutlamış.

Curfew has been lifted in Lice and Hazro

The curfew declared in Diyarbakır’s six villages in districts of Lice and Hazro has been lifted, Diyarbakır Governorship announced.

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/TK)