December 2015–February 2016 Cizre curfew

Siege of Cizre
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date14 December 2015 – 11 February 2016
Location
Cizre, Şırnak, Turkey
Result

Turkish victory

  • Parts of Cizre destroyed, hundreds of civilians killed
Belligerents
 Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

 YDG-H
Casualties and losses
Unknown 160 civilians killed
2 civilians killed

The December 2015–February 2016 Cizre curfew was the second Turkish military curfew in Cizre since the onset of the Kurdish-Turkish conflict after the end of the cease fire between the PKK and the Turkish state in 2015. The curfew took place within the scope of the 2015–16 Şırnak clashes and after the September 2015 Cizre curfew, during a period of violent curfews throughout Turkish Kurdistan. The Cizre curfew involved "wholesale destruction of large residential areas carried out by the military", which used crew-served weapons, including airstrikes. More than 150 civilian were burned alive while sheltering in basements.

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