‘381 Curfews Declared in 51 Districts, 11 Provinces in 5 Years’

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The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) Documentation Center has mapped the curfews declared across the country in the last five years.

According to the data shared by the TİHV, 381 curfews were declared in 51 districts and 11 provinces of Turkey between August 16, 2015, when the first curfew was declared in Turkey in recent history, and January 1, 2020.

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By provinces, the number of curfews declared within the indicated time period is as follows: 214 curfews in Diyarbakır, 60 curfews in Mardin, 23 curfews in Hakkari, 13 curfews in Şırnak, 29 curfews in Bitlis, 7 curfews in Muş, 7 curfews in Bingöl, 6 curfews in Dersim, 6 curfews in Batman, 2 curfews in Elazığ and 14 curfews in Siirt.

In other words, the highest number of curfews were declared in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Moreover, from August 11, 2017 to January 1, 2020, at least 23 round-the-clock curfews were declared in villages and hamlets of Şemdinli in Hakkari and the districts of Hizan, Güroymak, Mutki, Tatvan and center in Bitlis.

'At least 1 million, 809 thousand people affected'

As stated by the TİHV Documentation Center, according to the last population census conducted in Turkey in 2014, at least 1 million 809 thousand people were living in the related districts.

It is estimated that fundamental rights of these people such as the right to liberty and security; right to privacy, family, home or correspondence; freedom of assembly and association; freedom of religion; freedom to receive and impart information; right to reserve of property; right to education and right to life; right to health and prohibition of torture were violated. (RT/SD)