Dramatic images show the destroyed town of Yuksekova where Turkish authorities partially lifted a curfew on Monday.
Military operations against Kurdish rebels have done extensive damage to housing with southeast Turkey the scene of intense fighting between security forces and rebels linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, since December.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday that 6,320 buildings have been damaged amid the fighting in five southeastern towns and has affected some 11,000 apartments.
The Turkish government has promised to reconstruct all areas destroyed in the fighting.
Photography by Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images
