Siege of Sur (2016) 2015
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 3 December 2015 – 10 March 2016 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2015 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Turkey | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 37.9108, 40.2367 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The 2016 siege of Sur, also known as the Sur curfew took place as part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in Sur district of Diyarbakir in Turkey, lasting for more than 3 months and destroying much of the neighbourhood. Heavy artillery and machine gun fire was utilized during clashes in the city involving the Turkish army and police against the Kurdish militants. At least 25 people had been killed in Sur by early March 2016, with rights groups reporting more than 200 killed by the end of the siege on 10 March. The HDP party said that most of the casualties were civilians.
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