Call for UN investigation into Operation Cizre

cizre - Shortly after the end of the military operation in the Turkish city Cizre, the opposition has called for an international investigation under the auspices of the United Nations. According to the pro-Kurdish party HDP are committed during the operation,, crimes against humanity '.

,, During the blockade, carried out under the guise of a curfew by security forces of the government heavy weapons, including artillery, used in the center of the city, '' deputy Faysal Sariyildiz the HDP wrote in an open letter. It would also be deployed chemical weapons.

In the southeastern city of mid-December introduced a restraining order. This was accompanied by a new offensive against fighters of the Kurdish separatist PKK.