CHP demands aid be sent immediately to clash-hit Cizre

Turkey's main opposition party has urged for food and accommodation to be given for those whose homes were destroyed in clashes between Turkish security forces and militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the country's southeastern town of Cizre.

"The majority of those who fled Cizre have returned. However, these people no longer have homes. There is an urgent need to send containers [homes] on hand to Cizre. No one should be homeless," said Sezgin Tanr?kulu, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), speaking after a visit to Cizre, a district in the southeastern ??rnak province, with a committee of several CHP lawmakers.

"Food aid should be provided for those in need, whose homes have been burnt. This aid should be provided today," Tanr?kulu said, demanding that Turkish authorities to provide accommodation for those with severely damaged homes that were burnt and looted months after a blanket curfew was declared in the southeastern town.

The round-the-clock curfew in Cizre was in place for more than two months to conduct military raids on homes and shelters used by militants. The curfew, which came into effect on Dec. 14, 2015, is now limited to half-days (meaning between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m) starting from March 2, the ??rnak Governor's Office has said.

In order to conduct large-scale observations in Cizre for a report to be made public soon, the main opposition party dispatched a group of its lawmakers to the clash-hit town, while calling for the formation of a commission consisting of lawmakers from all political parties holding representative power in the Turkish parliament.

"We as the CHP demand the formation of a commission that would include the HDP, MHP...