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| Turkey Kurds: Kurdish MPs in new attempt to march to Cizre | Turkey Kurds: Kurdish MPs in new attempt to march to Cizre |
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| Leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish (HDP) opposition party say that security forces have blocked them again from reaching the city of Cizre on foot. | |
| HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtas and colleagues had vowed to reach the city through the mountains - after their convoy was stopped on Wednesday. | HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtas and colleagues had vowed to reach the city through the mountains - after their convoy was stopped on Wednesday. |
| The army has been pursuing a security operation in Cizre which rights groups say has cost several civilian lives. | The army has been pursuing a security operation in Cizre which rights groups say has cost several civilian lives. |
| Prosecutors are investigating Mr Demirtas for insulting the president. | Prosecutors are investigating Mr Demirtas for insulting the president. |
| They want to have the MP stripped of his parliamentary immunity. | They want to have the MP stripped of his parliamentary immunity. |
| Violence between the Turkish army and the militant Kurdish PKK has escalated since a ceasefire collapsed in July. | Violence between the Turkish army and the militant Kurdish PKK has escalated since a ceasefire collapsed in July. |
| Turkey is to hold new elections in November after inconclusive polls in June. | Turkey is to hold new elections in November after inconclusive polls in June. |
| Separately, the Turkish government has deported a Dutch journalist. | Separately, the Turkish government has deported a Dutch journalist. |
| Freelancer Frederike Geerdink, who was arrested on Sunday, was accused of links to the Kurdish militant organisation, the PKK. | Freelancer Frederike Geerdink, who was arrested on Sunday, was accused of links to the Kurdish militant organisation, the PKK. |
| Earlier in the month, two British journalists with Vice News were deported. Their Iraqi colleague remains in detention. | Earlier in the month, two British journalists with Vice News were deported. Their Iraqi colleague remains in detention. |
| The HDP delegation which sought to reach Cizre includes 30 members of parliament and two members of Turkey's interim power-sharing cabinet. | The HDP delegation which sought to reach Cizre includes 30 members of parliament and two members of Turkey's interim power-sharing cabinet. |
| The group started walking on Wednesday after they could go no further on the road, but on Thursday the party said the group had been intercepted by police near Idil, 28km (17 miles) from Cizre. | The group started walking on Wednesday after they could go no further on the road, but on Thursday the party said the group had been intercepted by police near Idil, 28km (17 miles) from Cizre. |
| HDP MP Garo Paylan tweeted photos from the march. | HDP MP Garo Paylan tweeted photos from the march. |
| Cizre has been under curfew for the past week, and residents say they are living "under siege". | Cizre has been under curfew for the past week, and residents say they are living "under siege". |
| The body of a 10-year-old boy killed in the violence was being kept in a refrigerator by family members because restrictions on movement meant they could not take him to the mortuary, the BBC was told. | The body of a 10-year-old boy killed in the violence was being kept in a refrigerator by family members because restrictions on movement meant they could not take him to the mortuary, the BBC was told. |
| Mr Demirtas said on Wednesday that Turkey was "heading towards civil war". | Mr Demirtas said on Wednesday that Turkey was "heading towards civil war". |
| More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK launched an armed campaign in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey. | More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK launched an armed campaign in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey. |
| The ceasefire that began in 2013 unravelled in July, after a suicide bombing by suspected Islamic State militants near the border with Syria. The attack led to mutual recriminations between Kurdish groups and Turkey. | The ceasefire that began in 2013 unravelled in July, after a suicide bombing by suspected Islamic State militants near the border with Syria. The attack led to mutual recriminations between Kurdish groups and Turkey. |