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The police and people clashed in Yüksekova, Hakkari in a protest against the operations. A person died while another was injured.

Severe clashes have taken place in Yüksekova district of Hakkari province after a curfew was declared, reported Yüksekova news citing from Zap News.

District organizations of HDP and DBP won’t welcome the President Erdoğan and PM Davutoğlu in Hakkari/Yüksekova. None of the local shops will be open but bakeries and pharmacies.

News agencies like CİHAN, DHA, DİHA and İhlas aren’t accredited for the President Erdoğan and PM Davutoğlu meeting will be held in Yüksekova district.

The usage of f-word during a police raid stirred unrest in the southeastern district of Yüksekova with local residents awaiting an announced apology from the police authorities.

The Turkish Army Authorities released a statement, claiming that the recent killing of 3 Turkish soldiers in Yüksekova was perpetrated by PKK despite the latter’s denial statement.

PKK authorities released a statement that denied their involvement in the death of 3 Turkish Army soldiers in Yüksekova district on October 25. “We didn’t give any order,” the statement said.

Following the killing of 3 guerrillas in Kars province on Thursday, 3 plain cloth Turkish soldiers were killed in Yüksekova district on Saturday, an incident that subsequently led to the detention of 6 suspects and media ban on the funeral ceremonies.

One person died in the fight that started in Hakkari province on Friday and flared up again on Sunday evening. The governorate imposed a curfew across town, and Ertoşi and Pinyanişi tribes’ elders made a call for sensitivity.

Tension arose in Yüksekova district as protests broke out over the demolition of PKK members graves, leaving two dead - an information which was initially declared as two wounded by governor authorities.