I'm referening to the policies of the Turkish government with regard to Kurds in southeastern Turkey. According to published reports as many as 30,000 died and many more were relocated to other parts of Turkey from 1960 to 1999.
Are these reports in error?
I get it.
The PKK terror organization would "secure" villages after killing their militia in order to gather supplies. The Turkish military would then move to oust the PKK. The civilians ended up in the middle, and so the decision was made to relocate them to towns and cities away from the hostilities. That kept the number of dead down.
These villagers have, for the most part, since returned to their villages. Many have found work in the cities and have preferred to stay.
Ethnic cleansing is not the correct characterization.
Take a look here for an independent account of what the area was like for Assyrian Christians in Turkey at the time.