The Turkish army, having suffered serious damage from the guerrilla forces, has laid siege to villages and wants to depopulate the area. Following Lice and Kulp, a curfew was declared in 30 more villages in the Genç district of Bingöl recently.

Curfew had been imposed on a total of 102 villages and hamlets in Amed's Lice, Hani, Kocaköy and Dicle districts on May 28 on the grounds of an operation by the Turkish army. The ban was officially announced to be removed later but a de facto curfew still remained in effect amid a siege by Turkish military forces in the region.

Diyarbakır Governorate has announced yet another curfew in 18 villages and hamlets in the countryside of Lice district today due to a military operation to be conducted in the region.

The curfew involves the Akçabudak, Örtülü, Ulucak, Saydamlı Kılıçlı, Yorulmaz , Güldiken, Üçdamlar, Baharlar, Bayırlı, Hedik, Tuzlaköy, Yamaçlı, Kıralan, Dernek, Konuklu, Yünlüce and Yaprakköy villages and hamlets.