Siege of Sur (2016)

Siege of Sur
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Date3 December 2015[1] – 10 March 2016[2] (3 months and 1 week)
Location
Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Result 80% of Sur destroyed
Belligerents

 Turkey

Turkish Army

1st Commando Brigade

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Casualties and losses
Turkey 71 security personnel killed
523 wounded[3]		 271 militants killed (Turkish claim) [4]
at least 25 civilians deaths (estimate)[1]

The 2016 siege of Sur, also known as the Sur curfew took place as part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in Sur district of Diyarbakir in Turkey, lasting for more than 3 months and destroying much of the neighbourhood.[1] Heavy artillery and machine gun fire was utilized[1] during clashes in the city involving the Turkish army and police against the Kurdish militants. At least 25 people had been killed in Sur by early March 2016,[1] with rights groups reporting more than 200 killed by the end of the siege on 10 March.[2] The HDP party said that most of the casualties were civilians.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Sur, Turkey: residents pay price of violence as curfew enters fourth month Archived 2019-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Civilians caught in crossfire in district in Diyarbakır, where Turkish security forces have been trying to flush out Kurdish militants.
  2. ^ a b c Turks welcome end of military operation in Sur, Diyarbakir Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ ALTINTAŞ, Canan; SUNAR / DHA-, Serdar. "Sur'da operasyonlar bitti". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  4. ^ "Genelkurmay: Sur'da Toplam 271 Terörist Öldürüldü". 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.