Curfew in Lice, Hazro

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Diyarbakır Governorship has declared indefinite curfew in Lice and Hazro due to an operation be launched in these regions.

According to governorship’s statement, the ban that started as of 6 a.m. this morning (September 3) involves villages of Dolunay, Çavundur, Yalaza, Bağlan and Ortaç in Lice, and Çiftlibahçe in Hazro.

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)