[1] Heavy artillery and machine gun fire was utilized[1] during clashes in the city involving the Turkish army and police against the Kurdish militants.

Turkish police used plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons against thousands of demonstrators protesting the curfew in Diyarbakır.

[6] In late February and early March 2016, Turkish police again used plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons against thousands of demonstrators protesting the curfew in Diyarbakır.

[1] Human rights groups, NGOs, local trade organisations and EU parliamentarians had asked the Turkish authorities to allow for a 24-hour suspension of the curfew and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor, so that civilians still trapped inside embattled parts of Sur can safely be evacuated.

[1] A report by Turkey's main opposition, the Republican People's Party, revealed that by late February 2016 about 80% of all buildings inside the Sur curfew zone had been destroyed, and that most people had left even the intact parts of the neighbourhood for fear of the violence.