The Sur district in Diyarbakir, a city in Southeastern Turkey, has been rocked by intense clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkish government forces.
Out of 70,000 Sur residents, more than 50,000 have already left their homes as a result of the fighting.
According to the source, female peace activists arrived last night on buses from Istanbul, Ankara and other Turkish cities. Earlier today, they marched on the central streets of Diyarbakir, chanting slogans: "Peace! Negotiations!" and "Long live the resistance of Sur!"
Tensions in Turkey escalated in July 2015, after 33 Kurdish activists were killed in a suicide blast in the city of Suruc and two Turkish policemen were later murdered by the PKK, which led to Ankara's military campaign against the group.
The Kurds, Turkey's largest ethnic minority, are striving to create their own independent state. The PKK was founded in the late 1970s to promote self-determination for the Kurdish community.
In December, the Turkish authorities declared a curfew in a number of southeastern regions where armed clashes between Ankara forces and PKK fighters continue.
