Turkey: State Blocks Probes of Southeast Killings

Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
On returning to their neighborhood after fleeing the clashes, some of Cizre’s inhabitants found their homes destroyed and demolished.
On returning to their neighborhood after fleeing the clashes, some of Cizre’s inhabitants found their homes destroyed and demolished.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Human rights activists examine charred remains including human bones in a basement where 26 people died after it was stormed by security forces. While the .exact circumstances of the deaths are unclear evidence suggests that they could have been extrajudi
Human rights activists examine charred remains including human bones in a basement where 26 people died after it was stormed by security forces. While the .exact circumstances of the deaths are unclear evidence suggests that they could have been extrajudicial killings. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Cizre residents gather in front of a basement where 26 people died after it was stormed by the security forces.
Cizre residents gather in front of a basement where 26 people died after it was stormed by the security forces.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Mehmet Yürü’s daughter Büşra, 11, and nephew Yusuf Akalın, 13, were killed when mortars hit their home and the shop next door, including one that directly hit the metal front door. Yusuf’s sister Dilan, 10, was severely injured in the attack. Mirabdal Str
Mehmet Yürü’s daughter Büşra, 11, and nephew Yusuf Akalın, 13, were killed when mortars hit their home and the shop next door, including one that directly hit the metal front door. Yusuf’s sister Dilan, 10, was severely injured in the attack. Mirabdal Street, Dağkapı, Cizre  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Part of a mortar of the kind the security forces used to fire into the Dağkapı neighbourhood, Cizre, although witnesses say there were no barricades, trenches or armed clashes in that neighbourhood.
Part of a mortar of the kind the security forces used to fire into the Dağkapı neighbourhood, Cizre, although  witnesses say there were no barricades, trenches or armed clashes in that neighbourhood.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.
Security operations and armed clashes in Cizre from December 2015 to February 2016 damaged homes in the affected neighborhoods. The authorities began demolition immediately afterwards.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Abdurrahman İnce, the great uncle of Miray İnce, 3 months, and his mother, stand on the stairs in the house where Miray was fatally hit by a bullet as her aunt carried her downstairs.
Abdurrahman İnce, the great uncle of Miray İnce, 3 months, and his mother, stand on the stairs in the house where Miray was fatally hit by a bullet as her aunt carried her downstairs. The hole visible in the railings is where the bullet that hit Miray passed. The family believe that Miray was killed by a military sniper.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Abdurrahman İnce stands in the place where his father Ramazan İnce, 82, was shot as he attempted to carry his great granddaughter Miray İnce, 3 months, to an ambulance. The family believe that a military sniper positioned on a high building or on the hil
Abdurrahm­an İnce stands in the place where his father Ramazan İnce, 82, was shot as he attempted to carry his great granddaughter Miray İnce, 3 months, to an ambulance.  The family believe that a military sniper positioned on a high building or on the hill visible in the photo fired the shots that killed Ramazan and Miray Ince.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Ramazan İnce, 82, was shot as he attempted to carry his great granddaughter Miray İnce, 3 months, to an ambulance. He was accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law who carried a white flag. The family believe that a military sniper killed Ramazan İnce an
Ramazan İnce, 82, was shot as he attempted to carry his great granddaughter Miray İnce, 3 months, to an ambulance. He was accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law who carried a white flag. The family believe that a military sniper killed Ramazan İnce and Miray İnce.  © 2016 private
Miray Ince, 3 months, was shot dead as her aunt carried her downstairs in the courtyard of their home. The family believe that Miray was killed by a military sniper.
Miray Ince, 3 months, was shot dead as her aunt carried her downstairs in the courtyard of their home. The family believe that Miray was killed by a military sniper.  © 2016 private
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