Sirnak

The governor's office in the southeastern province of Şırnak has said the police officers who caused the death of two children by an accident in the Silopi district were not intoxicated, refuting claims of the residents of the area. 

Two children were killed after a police vehicle crashed into a house in the Silopi district of the southeastern province of Şırnak late on May 3. 

The tragic incident occurred while the children were asleep, as the armored police vehicle crashed into the house, Doğan News Agency reported on May 4.

Construction efforts have reached the final stage in four districts of the southeastern province of Şırnak, which were severely damaged in clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the security forces over the last two years. 

A total of 66 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been "neutralized" in security operations in one week, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on April 24. 

According to the ministry, 53 militants were killed, eight surrendered and five were captured alive in some 321 ground and air operations carried out between April 17 and 24. 

Two soldiers succumbed to their wounds at a state hospital in the southeastern province of Şırnak on April 23, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The specialized sergeants were injured during an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Şırnak early on April 23.

One soldier was killed in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak on April 22.

The soldier was wounded during an ongoing security operation against the PKK and was taken to the Şırnak State Hospital with a military helicopter, where he succumbed to his wounds.

A total of 26 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations against targets in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Turkish military announced on April 20.      

According to the latest statement, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced that eight more PKK militants were "neutralized" in operations in the Nalaguva Tepe region.

An important debate following the referendum has focused on the shift of the Kurdish votes in the southeast. 

There are two important political actors in the region: the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP). 

Yet another video of a man from Turkey's southeast singing a duet of "Ciao Adios" with British singer Anne-Marie through the mobile karaoke application "Smule" has gone viral online.

Mehmet Ali Şulan from the Cizre district of the southeastern province of Şırnak accompanied Anne-Marie with lyrics sung in Kurdish.

Over 2,600 people have been remanded in custody to await trial on outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) related offences, Turkey's interior minister said on April 7, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.