Ali İhsan Su

A fire that apparently started in crop stubble spread through settlements in southeast Turkey overnight, killing 11 people and leaving dozens of others requiring medical treatment, officials and news reports have said.

Five people were killed and dozens more required medical treatment after a fire that started with the burning of crop stubble spread through settlements in southeast Turkey overnight, officials said Friday.

A curfew that was first imposed on March 14 in the southeastern province of Şırnak was lifted on Nov. 14, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has intensified its military deployment close to the Iraqi border in an ostensible move to both support ongoing operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and increase border security, Doğan News Agency has reported.