Upsurge in violence in southeastern Turkey after the arrest of two mayors - 10 dead
Five members of the Turkish security forces and five Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes in southeast Turkey where violence has rekindled after the arrest this week of two popular mayors.
Two soldiers were killed in the riots near Hani, a town on the outskirts of Diyarbakir, according to a source in the security services. A third soldier was killed during the exchange of fire near Tzoukourtza, near the border with Iraq, which also killed five Kurdish rebels.
Furthermore a soldier lost his life by an improvised explosive device in Bingol, 140 km north of Diyarbakir and a member of the militia was killed in Batman province in the east.
Violence has escalated in the period of 15 months after the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ended the truce, while the arrest of the mayor of Diyarbakir Gkioultan Kisanak and deputy mayor of Firat Anli Tuesday night on charges of terrorism intensified the dissatisfaction feeling in region.
A member of the Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP) accused the government blocks access to the Internet in the Southeast of the country after the arrests.
MP HDP Meral Danis bestseller today tabled a parliamentary question to the Turkish National Assembly demanding to know why the Internet access in 12 provinces has interrupted from 10.30 local time and GMT yesterday.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the removal of elected officials and public servants accused of links with the PKK is a vital part of the battle against it.
The State Department on his part urged Turkey to "act with due restraint and to respect freedom of expression," he said late yesterday the spokesman of US State Department John Kirby.
"We want to again point out the importance of due process."
Senior officials and the European Union marked worrying arrests.
The prosecutor of the area claimed that the Kisanak, a member of parliament before being elected first woman mayor of Diyarbakir in 2014 and Anli had delivered a speech in favor of the PKK, while seeking greater political autonomy for the approximately 16 million Kurds in Turkey and had incited violent protests 2014.
A leader of the PKK urged the Kurds to "rise up" in solidarity, reported the Kurdish Firat news agency.
The commander of the rebel Cemil Bagik noted the importance of Diyarbakir, a city 1.7 million people, and that the actions against elected officials are attacking all the Kurds, according to Firat.
Five members of the Turkish security forces and five Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes in southeast Turkey where violence has rekindled after the arrest this week of two popular mayors.
Two soldiers were killed in the riots near Hani, a town on the outskirts of Diyarbakir, according to a source in the security services. A third soldier was killed during the exchange of fire near Tzoukourtza, near the border with Iraq, which also killed five Kurdish rebels.
Furthermore a soldier lost his life by an improvised explosive device in Bingol, 140 km north of Diyarbakir and a member of the militia was killed in Batman province in the east.
Violence has escalated in the period of 15 months after the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ended the truce, while the arrest of the mayor of Diyarbakir Gkioultan Kisanak and deputy mayor of Firat Anli Tuesday night on charges of terrorism intensified the dissatisfaction feeling in region.
A member of the Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP) accused the government blocks access to the Internet in the Southeast of the country after the arrests.
MP HDP Meral Danis bestseller today tabled a parliamentary question to the Turkish National Assembly demanding to know why the Internet access in 12 provinces has interrupted from 10.30 local time and GMT yesterday.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the removal of elected officials and public servants accused of links with the PKK is a vital part of the battle against it.
The State Department on his part urged Turkey to "act with due restraint and to respect freedom of expression," he said late yesterday the spokesman of US State Department John Kirby.
"We want to again point out the importance of due process."
Senior officials and the European Union marked worrying arrests.
The prosecutor of the area claimed that the Kisanak, a member of parliament before being elected first woman mayor of Diyarbakir in 2014 and Anli had delivered a speech in favor of the PKK, while seeking greater political autonomy for the approximately 16 million Kurds in Turkey and had incited violent protests 2014.
A leader of the PKK urged the Kurds to "rise up" in solidarity, reported the Kurdish Firat news agency.
The commander of the rebel Cemil Bagik noted the importance of Diyarbakir, a city 1.7 million people, and that the actions against elected officials are attacking all the Kurds, according to Firat.
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