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Nine suspected militants, four members of security forces and dozens of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been killed in two towns over two days in the latest spate of violence in Southeast Anatolia.

Nine civilians, four members of security forces and dozens of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been killed in two towns over two days in the latest spate of violence in Southeast Anatolia.

The Turkish government has estimated that ongoing military operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the districts of Cizre in ??rnak and the district of Sur in Diyarbak?r in Southeast Anatolia would be completed within days or weeks.

Five Turkish soldiers were killed on Feb. 1 during operations conducted against suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern district of Sur, amid ongoing military operations targeting the group in southeastern Turkey.

The curfew in place in several areas in the southeastern district of Sur has been extended to five other nearby areas and a main road, as three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed during clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the district in Diyarbak?r province.

Sarkis Eken, an 86-year-old known as one of the oldest Armenians born and residing in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, passed away at Dicle University's hospital, where he was receiving treatment. 

The Justice Ministry is preparing a report for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the situation in southeastern towns where clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) continue to rage under military curfews. 

One policeman has been killed while a police officer and a soldier have been wounded in a bomb attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern city of Diyarbak?r's Sur district, which has been under military curfew since Dec. 2, 2015.

PKK militants detonated an improvised explosive device in Sur on Jan.1, wounding two police officers and one soldier.

A security summit helmed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu was held Dec. 31 in the Turkish capital Ankara with the participation of senior military and government officials. 

The five-hour meeting focused on the struggle against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), particularly the ongoing clashes in southeastern Diyarbak?r's Sur district, according to officials.  

The historical district of Sur in Diyarbak?r has now been subject to a curfew for the past month amid continuing clashes between the security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the area.

Diyarbak?r's Sur district has turned into a zone of continued clashes with a curfew in effect since Dec. 2, apart from a break of only 17 hours on Dec. 10.