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Turkey’s top court finds applications from Cizre curfew victims ‘inadmissible’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found inadmissible applications filed by people affected by a curfew in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey in which 137...
Turkish gov’t announces new measures against pandemic as cases overwhelm hospitals
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after a cabinet meeting on Monday, announced a new set of measures to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases."There...
Erdoğan refuses to accept minister’s resignation caused by last-minute curfew
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan has declined to accept a decision by Interior Minister Süleyman
Soylu to resign due to the controversial way his ministry declared...
Last-minute announcement of 48-hour curfew pushes Turks to panic buying
A last minute announcement of a 48-hour curfew in
Turkey’s 31 largest cities caused panic buying, according to Turkish social
media.Several video clips from the streets...
Workers aged 18 to 20 exempted from curfew imposed in Turkey: report
Workers between the age
of 18 and 20 in Turkey will be exempt from a curfew on young people imposed
last week to help slow the...
Turkey imposed 369 curfews in Southeast in last 4 years: report
Local Turkish authorities imposed 369 curfews in the
southeastern region of the country between Aug. 16, 2015 and July 1, 2019,
according to the Turkish Human...
Conflicting reports arrive from Koruköy, blockaded by Turkish military
Thirty-nine people have been detained, three killed and two lost in the village of Koruköy, which has been under military blockade since Feb. 11,...
Curfew imposed on 3 districts in Mardin
The Mardin Governor's Office on Sunday declared a curfew in three districts of the province as part of the fight against terrorism.A statement released...
Curfew imposed in 21 Diyarbakır neighborhoods
The Diyarbakır Governor’s Office on Sunday declared a curfew in 21 neighborhoods in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır as part of operations against members...
ECtHR to examine complaints against Turkey’s curfew measures
Complaints against curfews imposed by authorities in Turkey's Southeast are now under examination at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), according to humanrightseurope.org.A...
People of Şırnak return to city in ruins after 246-day curfew
People are finally able to return to their hometown of Şırnak in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish Southeast after a 246-day curfew only to find their...
Curfew declared in 15 Diyarbakır villages
According to a statement released by the governor of Diyarbakır, a curfew has been put into effect in 15 villages of the province, starting...