JINHA

AMED - In the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır yesterday, residents started the first day of what will be a daily walkout to protest war in Turkey.

The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) has called for citizens of Diyarbakır to stop business as usual every day for five minutes to protest the ruling AKP's policies of war in the country.

In the Bağlar district, municipal employees left the building and marched through the neighborhood. Marchers chanted slogans in support of the towns of Silvan and Lice, two towns in Diyarbakır province that have been under assault recently. Citizens took to their balconies to applaud the marchers.

The Sur district of the city has seen particularly intense repression, with both co-mayors of the area arrested after local assemblies declared self-government. Assembly members and municipal employees walked out of work and marched in protest.

(gc/cm)