Fighting rages in the heart of Turkey’s Kurdish homeland

Journalist Ayse Surme reacts after she was injured when Turkish police fired tear gas during a demonstration in Diyarbakir on Feb. 24, 2016 against government-imposed curfews on areas of eastern Turkey.

Kurdish boys who earn a living collecting garbage run from Turkish police’s water cannon during a demonstration against government-imposed curfews in Diyarbakir on Feb. 24.

Turkish soldiers patrol Diyarbakir’s historical Sur district on Feb. 26, 2016 . Violence has flared since the collapse in July of a fragile two-and-a-half-year truce aimed at bringing a halt to decades of a Kurdish insurgency.

Residents flee the fighting in Diyarbakir.

People carry their belongings as they flee from the fighting in Diyarbakir.

People walk past security forces as they leave their houses during clashes in central Diyarbakir.

A woman pushing a stoller walks past a government soldier in central Diyarbakir. The city has been ravaged by street fighting between Turkish police and Kurdish insurgents.

People carry their belongings as they return to their homes on March 13, after clashes ended in Sur.