Turkey: Death of 55 PKK members in air strikes
At least 55 members of the organization Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a series of raids by the Turkish Air Force in northern Iraq, which unleashed earlier this week.
The fighters of the Turkish BAC, including F-16 and F-4, took off from a base in Diyarbakir and completed their missions without being damaged. Hit the Sinat bases and Haft Aviv in northern Iraq, destroying camps and ammunition depots, the agency said. In business "neutralized at least 55 to 60 terrorists" of the PKK, highlights news agency East.
The Turkish armed forces have launched at least two more wide business bases in the rear of the Kurdish separatist rebels in recent weeks.
The southeastern Turkey, where the Kurdish minority dominates, swept by a wave of almost daily bloody conflicts between members of the PKK and the security forces after the collapse of the ceasefire in July.
According to an account of media close to the government, violence has killed around 150 policemen and soldiers and about 1,100 guerrillas of the PKK.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised that companies will continue to "not left nor a terrorist." The conflict flared up while Turkey is heading in the parliamentary elections of November 1, after the loss of the majority of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) in the June elections.
Furthermore, to reinforce the forces fighting against armed Kurdish separatist movement, the transitional government of Turkey decided to hire 5,000 new "village guards", as announced by caretaker Interior Minister Selami Altinok.
'Upon instructions of our Prime Minister [Ahmet Davutoglu] proceeded to the publication of registrations in newspapers to recruit 5,000 guards of the villages, "said Altinok, according to the Turkish news broadcaster NTV.
The "village guards", paramilitary organizations composed primarily of Kurds fighting alongside government forces since the mid-1980s, is highly controversial in Turkey. It is estimated that currently have 70,000 members, who are paid by the state.
Organizations defending human rights in Turkey and abroad have repeatedly called to abolish this body of volunteers. The paramilitaries, who know well the mountainous Kurdish areas and participate in operations against the PKK, have been blamed for a host of crimes, from drug trafficking to atrocities against the civilian population.
About 5,000 of the "village guards" alleged to have committed crimes or offenses, but only 900 have been prosecuted by official figures.
At least 55 members of the organization Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a series of raids by the Turkish Air Force in northern Iraq, which unleashed earlier this week.
The fighters of the Turkish BAC, including F-16 and F-4, took off from a base in Diyarbakir and completed their missions without being damaged. Hit the Sinat bases and Haft Aviv in northern Iraq, destroying camps and ammunition depots, the agency said. In business "neutralized at least 55 to 60 terrorists" of the PKK, highlights news agency East.
The Turkish armed forces have launched at least two more wide business bases in the rear of the Kurdish separatist rebels in recent weeks.
The southeastern Turkey, where the Kurdish minority dominates, swept by a wave of almost daily bloody conflicts between members of the PKK and the security forces after the collapse of the ceasefire in July.
According to an account of media close to the government, violence has killed around 150 policemen and soldiers and about 1,100 guerrillas of the PKK.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised that companies will continue to "not left nor a terrorist." The conflict flared up while Turkey is heading in the parliamentary elections of November 1, after the loss of the majority of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) in the June elections.
Furthermore, to reinforce the forces fighting against armed Kurdish separatist movement, the transitional government of Turkey decided to hire 5,000 new "village guards", as announced by caretaker Interior Minister Selami Altinok.
'Upon instructions of our Prime Minister [Ahmet Davutoglu] proceeded to the publication of registrations in newspapers to recruit 5,000 guards of the villages, "said Altinok, according to the Turkish news broadcaster NTV.
The "village guards", paramilitary organizations composed primarily of Kurds fighting alongside government forces since the mid-1980s, is highly controversial in Turkey. It is estimated that currently have 70,000 members, who are paid by the state.
Organizations defending human rights in Turkey and abroad have repeatedly called to abolish this body of volunteers. The paramilitaries, who know well the mountainous Kurdish areas and participate in operations against the PKK, have been blamed for a host of crimes, from drug trafficking to atrocities against the civilian population.
About 5,000 of the "village guards" alleged to have committed crimes or offenses, but only 900 have been prosecuted by official figures.
