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Explosion in Turkey's Cizre kills nine police officers

Explosion in Turkey's Cizre kills nine police officers

An explosion has hit a police checkpoint in the Turkish border town of Cizre, with reports of at least nine dead and 64 wounded in the latest attack in the country’s south-east. State-run Anadolu Agency blamed the attack on the …

60 PKK members killed in Cizre

60 PKK members killed in Cizre

60 members of the PKK organization, which is banned in Turkey, have been killed in the course of a special operation conducted by the security forces in the Turkish town of Cizre located in the province of Şırnak,'' local mass media reported. Law enforcers ...

11 PKK members killed in Sirnak

11 PKK members killed in Sirnak

11 militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed during a counter-terrorism operation in Turkey's southeastern province of Sirnak, local media report. Six militants were killed in Cizre, five more in Silopi, …

Curfew lifted in Cizre, 32 PKK militants killed

Curfew lifted in Cizre, 32 PKK militants killed

A curfew, declared in the southeastern province of Sirnak’s Cizre district on September 13th, has been lifted, the Governorate of the province said. The curfew was introduced there on September 4th by the head of the Interior …

Curfew lifted in Turkish town of Cizre

Curfew lifted in Turkish town of Cizre

A curfew has been lifted in the Turkish town of Cizre, located in the southeastern part of the country. It was introduced there on September 4th by the head of the Interior Ministry, Selami Altynoka, who ...