Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) issued a report on Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district and emphasized that Gever has been the main target of attacks and sieges of state forces during the ‘curfews’ that have been declared across Kurdistan since August, 2015. HDP noted that curfews, which have been put to use right after the end of the resolution process and declared as unlawful by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), have been declared 111 times in 35 districts across 9 cities. State forces besieged Cizre, İdil, Gever and Silopi at different intervals, and Şırnak, Nusaybin and Sur continuously.

'90 PEOPLE KILLED, 6770 HOUSES DESTROYED'

HDP stated that Gever made it to the news with bans in August, 2015, and a curfew was officially declared by Hakkari Governorate on March 13, 2016. HDP said "The majority of the district was destroyed during the 78 daylong curfew. 90 people were killed during the clashes, 39 of whom were identified and 51 of whom were buried in the Erzurum Cemetery of the Nameless. 6770 houses were damaged and destroyed in Gever during the violence that was implemented by state forces."

The full report, in Turkish, can be reached at:

http://www.hdp.org.tr/images/UserFiles/Documents/Editor/geverrapor.pdf