ANKARA (Sputnik) — Earlier in December, Turkish authorities imposed a curfew in a number of southeastern settlements most affected by the armed clashes between Ankara forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants. Some 1.3 million civilians reportedly live in the area, however, the country’s Interior Ministry said that over 100,000 of them have fled their homes due the to the ongoing violence.
According to the Anadolu News Agency, citing the security sources, about 200 people took to the streets in the center of Diyarbakir, chanting anti-government slogans, throwing hand-made explosives and stun grenades at police.
Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast region has seen renewed hostilities between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) since July's breakdown of a two-year peace process.
In July, Ankara launched a military operation against the PKK in response to the escalation of terrorist attacks in southern Turkey.
