Amnesty slams lasting, forced displacement of Turkey's Kurds
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A human rights group says Turkish authorities have forcibly evicted tens of thousands of people in security operations in a pre-dominantly Kurdish district of southeast Turkey.
Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday that authorities have prevented their return by expropriating and demolishing homes in a policy that may amount to collective punishment.
Amnesty's Europe Director, John Dalhuisen, said that "a year after a round-the-clock curfew was imposed in Sur, thousands of people remain displaced from their homes, struggling to make ends meet and facing an uncertain future in an increasingly repressive atmosphere."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Turkish officials gave no immediate comment on the Amnesty report.
Turkish security forces are locked in a conflict with militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in several parts of the southeast.