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Shot by snipers in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Şırnak province during curfews in 2015 and with her deceased body left on the street for 7 days, Taybet İnan has been commemorated in the 6th year of her death in the place where she was killed.

A pickup truck with workers on board has exploded in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak, claiming the lives of four people.

16 areas have been declared as “temporary special security zones” in Silopi in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak for eight days till the midnight of November 17.

Police officer Ö.Y., who was driving the armored vehicle that caused the death of six- and seven-year-old Yıldırım brothers in Şırnak, and his superior M.M., who gave the order to Ö.Y., had their eight hearing at the Cizre 2nd Heavy Penal Court.

Police officer who crushed two children to death has been released in the first hearing. The defendant police blamed his superiors who gave the order, the superior blamed the Security Director.

A police officer, who entered into a house with panzer through the wall and caused death of two children in Silopi district of Şırnak, has been arrested.

Co-Mayors Rabia Takas and Tahir Aytış from Başverimli Municipality in Silopi district of Şırnak province have been arrested on charges of being a member of an “[illegal] organization” and “propagandizing for an [illegal] organization”. With the latest arrests, the number of arrested co-Mayors has risen to 40.