Turkey Lifts Cizre Curfew, Dismisses Mayor
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkey’s Sirnak governorate announced that Cizre's eight-day curfew, which came into effect on September 4, will end on Saturday.
The news comes on the same day Turkey's Interior Ministry revealed that the town’s mayor has been dismissed, Anadoul news agency reported.
Sirnak governorate said, “Our security forces have conducted a successful operation against the members of (a) separatist terror organization. And we offer our sincere gratitude to our valuable citizens of Cizre who have been acting with patience and sensibility.”
Sirnak governorate also stated the operations will continue in order to protect security, life as well as restore public order.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Affairs announced that Cizre mayor Leyla Imret has been removed from office.
Cizre's chief prosecutor's office is to open a case against Imret on charges of "provoking the public to armed rebellion against the government of Republic of Turkey and carrying out propaganda for a terrorist organization and inciting people to hostility and hate".
