<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Serious allegations have been made about the deaths of civilians at the hands of Turkish security forces in the overwhelmingly Kurdish town of Cizre in south-eastern Turkey earlier this year.
Local people say Turkish security forces killed up to 160 civilians<wm>, possibly including 65 children, in alleged arson attacks, and also killed a man from a small, indigenous Kurdish-led factory.
Al-Shamiya news website reports that at least three workers who are ethnic Shamiya Muslim minorities in the region have been killed.
The Turkish military and government claims that their military operations were necessary to protect civilian population. However, the full extent of the conflict, and the full circumstances of the deaths, remain a subject of criticism and controversy.
Al-Shamiya,</wm> a Syrian Kurdish website reporting news of human rights violations against the Kurdish population of the region.
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