01:44Turkey: Cizre BURNS as Ankara set to lift week-long curfew on besieged Kurdish town
While the week-long curfew is set to be lifted on the eastern Turkish town of Cizre later on Saturday, the settlement was dogged by violence following a mass military assault on members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during the week.
At least 21 Kurdish civilians have died after Ankara imposed a curfew in Cizre on September 4, according to the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), with the curfew set to be lifted on Saturday at 7am (04:00 GMT). The footage was filmed between September 8-11.
The Turkish military reportedly killed at least 30 members of the PKK in the assault as a delegation from the HDP, led by co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, successfully broke through a military blockade on the road to the Cizre district, Wednesday. According to local sources, the town’s inhabitants have run out of basic supplies such as water, food or electricity. They are not allowed to bury the dead bodies, with reports that the corpses are being put on ice bags to keep them from rotting.
Turkish army officials have justified the curfew by saying that they are carrying out an operation to arrest "terrorists," the label they have placed on PKK fighters.
01:44While the week-long curfew is set to be lifted on the eastern Turkish town of Cizre later on Saturday, the settlement was dogged by violence following a mass military assault on members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during the week.
At least 21 Kurdish civilians have died after Ankara imposed a curfew in Cizre on September 4, according to the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), with the curfew set to be lifted on Saturday at 7am (04:00 GMT). The footage was filmed between September 8-11.
The Turkish military reportedly killed at least 30 members of the PKK in the assault as a delegation from the HDP, led by co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, successfully broke through a military blockade on the road to the Cizre district, Wednesday. According to local sources, the town’s inhabitants have run out of basic supplies such as water, food or electricity. They are not allowed to bury the dead bodies, with reports that the corpses are being put on ice bags to keep them from rotting.
Turkish army officials have justified the curfew by saying that they are carrying out an operation to arrest "terrorists," the label they have placed on PKK fighters.