The drone attack by Kurdish guerrillas on Tuesday night against the 8th Air Force Base in Amed (Diyarbakir), which is under the control of the 2nd Tactical Air Command, continues to cause problems for the Turkish army. The governor's office announced Saturday that the entire area of the airport, which is used for military and civilian purposes, will be closed for thirty days starting next Monday for construction work. Civilian flights will be diverted to airports in the neighboring provinces of Batman and Mardin, according to a corresponding statement.

The military airfield in Amed had been struck by the People's Defense Forces (HPG) several times on Wednesday night. "These actions had a great impact and produced results. The Turkish colonial state and its leaders were thrown into great panic," the HPG had said in a statement detailing the action. While Turkish authorities, in typical fashion, spoke of "petty problems," the Amed-based Mezopotamya News Agency (MA) reported a large crater in the fighter jet runway caused by the HPG attack.

At the beginning of May, the DHMI, the state authority responsible for operating the civil airport, announced that repair work would be carried out on airfields in Amed. However, this only involved the rehabilitation of the main runway in the civilian section of the site, which is why only the small runway could be approached during the construction work scheduled for four weeks. There was no mention of repairs in the area where the air force base is located.