Şırnak

One village guard was killed and two soldiers were wounded when a handmade bomb planted by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants on the Şırnak-Cizre highway in southeastern Turkey exploded on Sept. 30, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The handmade explosive planted on the highway was detonated by PKK militants during the passage of a military vehicle.

A fire erupted in a jail in the southeastern province of Şırnak on Sept. 28, killing one prisoner and severely injuring another, while 12 employees working at the jail were also hospitalized.
The fire, the cause of which is yet unconfirmed, erupted in the juvenile section of the prison and initially injured 14 people, including two prisoners who attempted to fight the flames. 

Three village guards were killed in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari on Sept. 29. The militants opened fire on the village guards, killing three and leaving two others wounded. 

Governors from a total of 22 provinces in the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey have been called to the capital Ankara for a security meeting. The call came from the Turkish Interior Ministry, Anadolu Agency reported on Sept. 18. 

The Turkish government on Sept. 4 announced that it was extending interest-free credit to tradesmen in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Sur district, an area that has suffered heavy damage during clashes between security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

A total of five security personnel, including two soldiers and three police officers, were killed in outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks in Turkey's southeastern provinces of Şırnak, Siirt and Van late on May 29 and on May 30.

Tanks roll through the ruined streets of the Cizre district of the southeastern province of Şırnak as military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue

Military operations are continuing against the outlawed PKK in the Cizre district of the southeastern Şırnak province, on the 43rd day of a round-the-clock curfew

Security operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are continuing amid ruined homes and destroyed pavements in Cizre, in Turkey's southeastern province of Şırnak

Turkey's southeast is experiencing its harshest days in decades. Never have we witnessed open "urban-warfare" on such a scale.