Provincial authorities announced that the military curfew will be imposed in the area starting from Monday until further notice.
Rudaw has learned that a large number of civilians have abandoned their homes fearing violence and clashes.
According to the announcement, the curfew was declared to remove street barriers erected and trenches dug in these two towns and clear them of PKK elements.
The Turkish army, for its part, announced that some 2000 PKK fighters have infiltrated Gavar and Nsebin from Iraq and Iran's borders and parts of them from the troubled towns of Slopi and Cizire within Turkey's own borders.
On Friday the Turkish army sent large reinforcement to Gavar and Nsebin which consisted of 80 military vehicles and 8000 soldiers.
In the past, the Turkish army declared a series of military curfews in several Kurdish cities in the southeast, most notably Sur in Diyarbakir province in early December. Clashes have been underway since then with hundreds of civilians and policemen reportedly killed and thousands of others displaced.
