Security Sweep: Kurdistan Party and Kurdish Fighters

security sweep: Turkey's foreign ministry didn't immediately respond to a request seeking comment, according to The Chronicle Herald. The crackdown comes as Turkey has faced many destabilizing factors in recent years, including deadly extremist attacks, a failed coup and an influx of refugees from Syria. Based on remote monitoring, the report says that around 2,000 people, including 1,200 local residents and 800 security forces, were reportedly killed during the security sweep between July 2015 and December 2016. Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters some allegedly linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK rebel group have been making inroads in a fight against the Islamic State group in Syria. It seeks investigations so that perpetrators of unlawful killings are brought to justice, an end to unannounced, open-ended, 24-hour curfews, and reparations for victims and family members whose rights have been abused. The 25-page report, which draws on confidential accounts, satellite imagery and other sources, cites the destruction of nearly 1,800 buildings and the reported displacement of at least 355,000 people during the security sweep. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.