According to local sources Adem Kuyumcu, a resident of Tutunlu village, was shot and killed by Turkish soldiers as he was working on his garden.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers who are stationed in the military outpost in the village are responsible for the killing.

Kuyumcu’s body was taken to Hakkari State Hospital for an autopsy.

There is no official word from Hakkari governate about the incident.