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Curfew protests turn violent in Diyarbakır

Two people killed and three wounded during clashes between PKK supporters and security forces in Diyarbakır province

Ersin Çelik
17:07 - 14/12/2015 Monday
Update: 18:37 - 14/12/2015 Monday
Yeni Şafak

Attempts by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to protest the curfew have increased tension in the eastern province of Diyarbakır, where security forces have been trying to remove barricades set up by the PKK, destroy the booby traps and fill excavated ditches.



The party members declared that they will be on the streets to protest the curfew at 12:00 pm.



The declaration of the party has forced businesses to take precautions by closing down. Schools were closed in the Yenişehir, Bağlar and Kayapınar towns of Diyarbakır province.



The Diyarbakır Governorship has stated that the protest would be against the law because the group did not apply for permission.



Despite the warning of the governorship, HDP members gathered in the three towns.



In Yenişehir, masked protestors attacked police with stones and sticks.



Two killed, one wounded


In Bağlar town, two people were killed and two wounded during clashes between the supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the security forces.



Another person, a dentist wounded in the gunfire, was taken to Dicle University Hospital.



The incident is still under investigation.



20 percent of students go to school


Thousands of people have left their homes because of the ongoing terror attacks.



PKK attacks the mosques, schools and ambulances as well as the police.



Residents of eastern Turkey cannot go to mosques and students cannot go to school due to the terror threat.



Because of the terror threat, only 20 percent of all students in these areas are able to attend school.



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#chaos
#Diyarbakır
#curfew
#clash
#HDP
#Yenişehir
#PKK
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