Turkish police have blocked senior Kurdish politicians from marching to a town under a week-long curfew.<br /><br /> Led by the co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Selahattin Demirtas, the group claim the government’s move has triggered a humanitarian crisis and that violence has claimed the lives of up to 30 people.<br /><br /> Cizre, near Turkey’s border with Syria and Iraq, has become a flashpoint in two months of deepening violence.<br /><br /> Hundreds have died since PKK militants and the state resumed hostilities following the collapse of a ceasefire in July.<br /><br /> Pro-Kurdish MPs say civilians in the town are in a dire situation, with the dead going unburied and food and water running short.<br /><br /> Critics have accused the ruling AK Party of using the bloodshed to whip up nationalist sentiment ahead of November’s election which both sides are now questioning whether a fair contest can take place. <br /><br /> Bahtiyar Küçük, euronews: “The peace process between the Turkish government and the PKK began two years ago and
