DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

 Turkey's Diyarbakir Governorship has banned entry to the Sur district, where anti-PKK operations are ongoing.

The governorship said in a statement Wednesday that the entry ban on Sur would not apply to those who lived in the district.

The restrictions apply until further notice.

The statement said it is important to respect to the ban in terms of Diyarbakir's "peace and security".

Turkey's southeast has been the scene of significant military operations since December against the terrorist PKK group which renewed its armed campaign against the Turkish state in late July 2015.

Since then, more than 280 security-forces personnel have been martyred and thousands of PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.