Amnesty International calls on Ankara to allow the return of thousands of displaced Kurds

12/06/2016
Twilight News / Amnesty International Tuesday called on the Turkish government to allow the return of 24 thousand people to their homes in an area in the province of Diyarbakir, the largest city in the southeast, a majority Kurdish, who were displaced during the battles between the army and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
The Turkish authorities have imposed a strict curfew in December 2015 in the area of ​​the wall in the framework of the fight against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, seeded "terrorist" by Ankara and its Western allies.
Amnesty International said in a report published Tuesday that all the population, numbering about 24 thousand people left their homes in six neighborhoods in the wall that are still under curfew.
The NGO urged the Turkish authorities to "immediate lifting of the curfew," and to take measures to allow the return of displaced people to their homes.
According to the organization, forcing about 500 thousand people to leave their homes since the resumption of fighting in southeastern Turkey, the summer of 2015, which blew up the peace process aimed at ending the conflict Ever killed more than 40 thousand people since 1984.
The researcher said a specialist in Turkish affairs at the organization, Andrew Gardner, told AFP that "there are no concrete, specific and credible plan to see how these families to return to their homes."


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