TR PM Davutoglu says "not one civilian death in #Cizre." I'd hope so but residents frantically tweeting otherwise, and nobody is allowed in.
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If catching up: Cizre, Kurdish town of ~120K under 24-hour curfew for seven days now, residents claim many deaths but nobody is allowed in.
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Deputies and even ministers from the gov't trying to get access for days. Denied. Civilians from neighboring towns trying to get in. Denied.
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Such extended full blockades had happened in Kurdish parts of Turkey in the nineties. Many died. It led to nothing but even worse outcomes.
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Kurdish Deputy & Sakharov prize winner Leyla Zana started hunger-strike calling for ceasefire from all sides. She's also banned from Cizre.
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Collective punishment methods backfire everywhere they've been tried including Turkey. Not just a humanitarian crisis, a disastrous policy.
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And since people always attack me if I talk about violation of Kurdish rights in Turkey: I unequivocally condemn PKK's killing of soldiers.
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The soldiers PKK is killing by IED are 18-20 year old conscripts, too poor to buy out of military service. It's a path to civil war.
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Millions of Kurds in Turkey & 6.5 mil HDP voters. Massive escalation won't lead to any good outcome. A catastrophe is being unleashed. Sad.
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