Turkish army declares some regions as security zones

The information note listed these areas as some parts of Sirnak, Siirt, Hakkari and Van.

The Turkish General Staff declared on Thursday some regions as temporary security zones.

Turkey’s General Staff announced some areas in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions as temporary security zones, an information note posted on the General Staff’s web-site said.

The information note listed these areas as some parts of Sirnak, Siirt, Hakkari and Van, and said that these areas would be temporary security zones from September 13th to December 13th.

Source: www.worldbulletin.net, 11 September 2008