"Among these people there are representatives of the youth wing of the PKK, civilian population of the city, children, the elderly. According to our information, some 200 people are there," Yuksek said.
He added that one of the buildings has been recently shelled and collapsed, wounding 15 people in the basement.
The politician called on the Turkish society to protest Ankara's actions in the areas populated by Kurds.
"I want to appeal to the Turkish society about the need to unite to oppose such a policy of the Justice and Development Party's government in Ankara. The authorities' actions create a serious, deep division in our society," he pointed out.
According to Yuksek, Turkish political elite in order to justify and legitimize its aggressive policy has created a "paranoid concept of the existence of enemies seeking to dismember the state."
Relations between Ankara and the Kurds both inside the country and in Syria have been progressively worsening. Turkey links Syrian Kurds to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and labels both terrorist organizations.
Tensions escalated in July 2015, after 33 Kurdish activists were killed in a suicide blast in the Suruc district and two Turkish policemen were later killed by PKK, which led to Ankara's military campaign against the group.
