Faysal Sar

The United Nations' top human rights official called on Turkish authorities on Feb. 1 to investigate the shooting of a committee of civilians on Jan. 20 in the Cizre district of southeastern ??rnak province. 

Lawmakers from Turkey's two opposition parties and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) engaged in a heated debate on Jan. 20 over the latest clashes in the southeastern town of Cizre, which has been under curfew for 39 days.

Lawmakers from Turkey's two opposition parties and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) engaged in a heated debate on Jan. 20 over the latest clashes in the southeastern town of Cizre, which has been under curfew for 39 days.

Three children were wounded on Jan. 17 in the curfew-declared town of Cizre in southeastern ??rnak province, with one later succumbing to his/her injuries caused by shrapnel pieces which hit the garden of a mosque.

Turkish security forces killed 25 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants during two days of clashes in two southeastern towns, the armed forces stated on Dec. 17, as President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an vowed to push ahead with operations in the region.

Eight members of the security forces were wounded and one civilian was also killed, according to the statement.

Some 165 suspects are currently under arrest in Turkey on charges related to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior Turkish official has announced.

A Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, who entered Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak?s Cizre district, where a curfew has been in place since Sept. 4, said two young people were killed in clashes with security forces, while the damages of the clashes in Diyarbak?r?s Sur district following the lift of a day-long curfew have been revealed. 

Some 126 people were in Turkish prisons on charges of being a member of the Islamic State and Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as of Aug. 10 2015, the Justice Ministry has stated in reply to question submitted by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Faysal Sar?y?ld?z.

Investigation authorization report for a total of nine deputies, including the Republican People?s Party (CHP) Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, have been sent to the parliament at the same time, as two separate criminal investigations into Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirta? and Figen Yüksekda?.
 

Mules in villages of the Uludere district of the southern province of ??rnak have allegedly been killed by soldiers upon a court decision after it was alleged the mules were used for smuggling purposes.