Turkey: Deadly clashes between armed forces and rebels of the PKK
Two police officers, one soldier and 12 rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in last 48 hours in enterprises of the Turkish army in southeastern Turkey to repel the rebels, said army and the Dogan news agency.
According to the announcement of the army, published on the official website of the armed forces, the death of the soldier came from missile launch yesterday in Tsizre where 12 guerrillas of the PKK also killed during the military operation in progress.
Late Thursday, a policeman was killed in the same area when he, along with colleagues in a team, was attacked with rocket, while attempting to remove the roadblocks that Kurdish rebels had set up, according to Dogan.
According to the Turkish agency, another police officer killed last Friday by a bomb launched by remote control in Sur, where local authorities have imposed a ban on demonstrations.
In the New Year message of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged, as the Athenian Agency once again to "cleanse" the country from the rebels of PKK, noting that "around 3,100 terrorists were neutralized during operations carried out during the 2015 in our territory and abroad, "referring to army reprisals against the PKK in Turkey and northern Iraq.
Since mid-December, about 10,000 men of the Turkish forces, backed by tanks and helicopters, have unleashed wide operation against the PKK in areas of southeastern Turkey.
Two police officers, one soldier and 12 rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in last 48 hours in enterprises of the Turkish army in southeastern Turkey to repel the rebels, said army and the Dogan news agency.
According to the announcement of the army, published on the official website of the armed forces, the death of the soldier came from missile launch yesterday in Tsizre where 12 guerrillas of the PKK also killed during the military operation in progress.
Late Thursday, a policeman was killed in the same area when he, along with colleagues in a team, was attacked with rocket, while attempting to remove the roadblocks that Kurdish rebels had set up, according to Dogan.
According to the Turkish agency, another police officer killed last Friday by a bomb launched by remote control in Sur, where local authorities have imposed a ban on demonstrations.
In the New Year message of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged, as the Athenian Agency once again to "cleanse" the country from the rebels of PKK, noting that "around 3,100 terrorists were neutralized during operations carried out during the 2015 in our territory and abroad, "referring to army reprisals against the PKK in Turkey and northern Iraq.
Since mid-December, about 10,000 men of the Turkish forces, backed by tanks and helicopters, have unleashed wide operation against the PKK in areas of southeastern Turkey.