Turkey: 52 curfews in Kurdish region since August

[Anthea]

52 open-ended curfews imposed in the Kurdish region since August

Since August 16, there have been 52 open-ended and round-the-clock curfews in 17 provinces of 7 Kurdish cities that house approximately 1,299,061 people (2014 population census), according to the data provided by the Documentation Center of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT).

These cities are:

AMED (31 times)

Lice – 7 times (26,427 people)

Silvan – 6 times (86,663 people)

Sur – 6 times (121,75 people)

Bismil – 4 times (112,461 people)

Hani – 4 times (32,413 people)

Yenişehir – 1 time (206,534 people)

Dicle – 1 time (40,33 people)

Hazro – 2 times (17,54 people)

MARDİN (9 times)

Nusaybin – 5 times (116,68 people)

Dargeçit – 2 times (28,601 people)

Derik – 2 times (61,32 people)

ŞIRNAK (5 times)

Cizre – 4 times (132, 857 people)

Silopi – 1 time (121,11 people)

HAKKÂRİ

Yüksekova – 4 times (117,44 people)

MUŞ

Varto – 1 time (32,378 people)

BATMAN

Sason – 1 time (30,646 people)

ELAZIĞ

Arıcak – 1 time (15,306 people)