Tens of people killed in southeastern Turkish town under curfew
Conflict between Kurdistan Workers Party militants and Turkish security forces surges after ceasefire ends in July
Turkish soldiers block a road to stop a convoy, carrying a delegation of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), near the southeastern town of of Idil, Turkey, September 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) gave a different toll, saying 21 civilians had been killed in Cizre over the past week.
Conflict between militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces has surged since a ceasefire collapsed in July, shattering a peace process launched in 2012 and leaving hundreds dead.
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