Turkey: Cizre curfew to end

Cizre's eight-day curfew will end at 7 a.m. local time (0400GMT) Saturday, Turkey's Sirnak governorate announced on Friday.

According to an official statement the curfew, which came into effect on September 4, will end as of 12 September.

The news comes on the same day Turkey's Interior Ministry revealed that the town's mayor has been dismissed.

Sirnak governorate said: "Our security forces have conducted a successful operation against the members of [a] separatist terror organization. And we offer our sincere gratitude to our valuable citizens of Cizre who have been acting with patience and sensibility."

Sirnak governorate also stated the operations will continue in order to protect security, life as well as restore public order.