Over 6,300 Houses Destroyed in Turkey’s Southeast Amid Hostilities
Sputnik — 30.05.2016
A total of 6,320 houses have been destroyed in five Turkish southeastern districts during an operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday.
Kurtulmus said at a briefing that the number of destroyed houses in the areas of Sur, Silopi, Cizre, Idil and Yuksekova amounts to 6,320.
“It is about 11,000 flats. The projected cost of restoration of these buildings is about 855 million Turkish liras [$294 million],” He said.
Tensions between Ankara and the Kurds escalated in July 2015 as fighting between the PKK, considered to be terrorist by Ankara, and the Turkish army resumed. Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews in Kurdish-populated towns, preventing civilians from fleeing the regions where the military operations are taking place.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleges over 5,000 Kurdish insurgents have been killed in the campaign since mid-December, a figure that pro-Kurdish officials contend includes hundreds of civilians.
No comments yet.
Featured Video
THE RISE IN CANCER THEY CAN’T EXPLAIN AWAY
or go to
Aletho News Archives – Video-Images
New Books
The Magnesium Handbook + The Boron Book
Two new paperbacks, in print today
Lies are Unbekoming | September 13, 2026
Two minerals your body has been receiving from food and water for as long as there has been food and water. Two minerals your body no longer gets in the amounts it needs. Two minerals modern medicine does not measure, does not restore, and does not talk about.
Magnesium and boron. … continue
Blog Roll
Aletho News- The Andean Shadow Army
- Russia Wants to End Ukraine Conflict – Lavrov
- US Flaunts On-Orbit Weapon to Supercharge Space Arms Race
- Russia’s SVR: NATO Found No Russian Link to Leipzig Airport Incident
- US Space Weapon Claims Risk Igniting Orbital Arms Race – Expert
- US reveals it has weapons in space
- The Magnesium Handbook + The Boron Book
- Haaretz Editorial Board Acknowledges The Truth: Israeli ‘Consensus’ Is Pro-Genocide
- Why Algeria finally shut the door on the UAE
- Austria bars Iran nuclear chief from IAEA summit due to US pressure
- If Americans Knew
- Matt Gaetz’s Brilliant Exposé on Israel Partisans’ Claims of “Antisemitism”
- MAGA Didn’t Vote For War With Iran
- Truths in NAZA film expose delusions in Israeli society – Daily Update
- Hillary Clinton Says Netanyahu May Have Wanted Hamas to Do October 7
- Israel Has Imprisoned US citizen 100 Days Without Charge or Trial
- Israel uses Lebanese civilians as bargaining chips
- Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA sponsored by Israeli govt-aligned outfit, leaked contract shows
- Israeli Media: Even Palestinians Were Stunned: The Israeli Army-settler Alliance Reaches a New Level
- The moment a human life becomes ‘collateral damage’
- Some Gaza hospitals go dark amid shortages of fuel, parts – Daily Update
- No Tricks Zone
- The South China Sea Has Not Been Cooperating With The Climate Change Narrative
- Energy Crisis: Germany Enters Heating Season With Historically Low Gas Reserve Fill Levels
- New Study: The Antarctic Ice Sheet Gained Mass From 2020-2024 Due To Staggering Snow And Ice Accumulation
- Study: Ocean Heating Rates From Thousands Of Years Ago ‘Dwarf’ Modern Ocean Heating Rates
- Climate Extremists Target, Attack Large-Scale Power Grid Infrastructure In Germany!
- New Study: Antarctic Ice Melt Has Contributed Less Than 1 Centimeter To Sea Level Rise In The Last 30 Years
- Fear Of Debate: Alarmist German Climate Scientist Calls On Mainstream Media To Discredit Skeptic Voices
- End-Of-August Arctic Sea Ice Extent Hasn’t Fallen In 20 Years, Official Data Show!
- News-Making Nepal Region Has Had As-Warm Or Warmer Periods Than The 2000s In The 1600s, 1700s, 1800s
- 2025 Study: ‘There Exists No Unequivocal Experimental Evidence For The CO2 Greenhouse Effect’
Aletho News 
Leave a comment