Siege of Sur (2016)

Siege of Sur
	Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Date	3 December 2015 – 10 March 2016 (3 months and 1 week)
Location	Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Result	80% of Sur destroyed
Belligerents
Turkey Jandarma; Turkish Police Force; Turkish Army 1st Commando Brigade	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) YDG-H;
Casualties and losses
71 security personnel killed; 523 wounded	271 militants killed (Turkish claim)
	25 civilians deaths (estimate)

The 2016 siege of Sur, also known as the Sur curfew took place as part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in Sur district of Diyarbakir in Turkey, lasting for more than 3 months and destroying much of the neighbourhood. Heavy artillery and machine gun fire was utilized during clashes in the city involving the Turkish army and police against the Kurdish militants. At least 25 people had been killed in Sur by early March 2016, with rights groups reporting more than 200 killed by the end of the siege on 10 March. The HDP party said that most of the casualties were civilians.

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