Turkey: Recep Tayyib Erdogan so called Kurd peace process is a typical Turkish political ploy

August 22, 2015 By administrator

Erdogan’s purpose in military strikes is to fan nationalistic feelings against Kurds in the hope of winning more votes in the early elections to regain the lost majority in the parliament. Help save Islamic state

“The PKK probably lost a few dozen people early on as they were not expecting such a sudden or ferocious series of air strikes,”

“However, the PKK has lots of experience dispersing and hiding from the Turkish military.”

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Turkey attack kills soldier in southeast Turkey

August 22, 2015 By administrator

A militant attack on an army post in southeast Turkey has left one Turkish soldier dead and four others injured, the Turkish military says.

The militant rocket and sniper attack took place late Friday in the Beytussebap district of Turkey’s Sirnak Province, an army statement said.

The Turkish army said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was behind the attack.

Continued clashes

Clashes have been going on on a daily basis between the PKK and Turkish armed forces since July, when the military started its raids against PKK positions in southeast Turkey as well as in northern Iraq.

Turkey says its warplanes have conducted new air strikes against PKK targets, killing 29 militants on Thursday and Friday. Separately, at least 12 militants were killed as the military clashed with PKK members near the town of Uludere, close to Turkey’s border with Iraq on Friday, the military said.

Meanwhile, Turkish media reported that suspected PKK members threw two bombs outside the regional headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the city of Diyarbakir, damaging a police water cannon truck parked outside and injuring a policeman who was inside the building.

Officials, driver go missing

Also, ten Turkish customs officials and a driver were reported missing in the eastern Van region of Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported, adding that the missing people were possibly abducted by the PKK.

The PKK is concentrated in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of the country.

The PKK has been fighting the Turkish government for separation since 1984.

Turkish army captain killed in PKK attack

August 22, 2015 By administrator

An army captain was killed when militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey late Aug. 21.

PKK militants targeted a gendarmerie outpost in the Beytüşşebap district of the Şırnak province at 9.30 p.m. Captain Ali Alkan and two more soldiers were wounded in the clash that continued for an hour, Turkish media reports said.

Captain Alkan died at the Şırnak Military Hospital at 2.00 a.m. on Aug. 22, as the army launched an operation to find the perpetrators who fled the area after the attack.

Before Alkan’s death, 55 Turkish security personnel were killed in terrorist attacks across Turkey over the past month, while Turkey claim the security forces have killed 771 militants from the PKK in operations within the country and in northern Iraq, according to official figures.

Meanwhile, suspected members of the PKK threw two bombs outside the regional headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.

The attack severely damaged a police water cannon truck parked outside, injuring a policeman who was inside, the official Anatolia news agency reported.

10 customs officials and a driver were reported missing in the Van region of eastern Turkey close to the border with Iran, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, saying it was possible they had been abducted by the PKK.

The PKK has been staging daily attacks against the Turkish armed forces as the military keeps up air raids and military operations against its strongholds in southeast Turkey as well as northern Iraq.

Over 50 members of the Turkish security forces have been killed in attacks blamed on the PKK but the government has vowed to maintain its campaign against the group.

Source: hurriyetdailynews.com

Turkey lashes out at BBC for ‘supporting terrorism’

August 21, 2015 By administrator

The Turkish government has censured the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing a report on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), saying the news organization is “overtly” supporting “terrorism.”

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday slammed the BBC’s coverage of the “written and visual propaganda of the PKK terrorist organization,” saying a report by the channel on August 20 was an attempt to whitewash the image of the militant group.

“Giving such coverage to an organization designated as terrorist by many countries including the EU member states is an overt support to terrorism,” a statement on the Foreign Ministry’s website said, adding that the broadcast “attempted to portray this illegal organization… as if it were an innocent organization merely engaged in a struggle with another terrorist organization.”

The controversial report by the BBC narrated the story of an Izadi woman in Iraq who escaped captivity by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists and joined the PKK. It showed images of PKK training camps where Kurds and Izadis were being prepared to fight Daesh.

Turkey has been engaged in major military operations in its southern border region over the past weeks. The Turkish military has been conducting offensives against alleged positions of Daesh terrorists in northern Syria as well as those of the PKK in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey.

The military operations began in the wake of the deadly July 20 bomb attack in the southern Turkish town of Suruc, an ethnically Kurdish town located close to the Kurdish town of Kobani on the other side of the border in Syria, where over 30 people died. The Turkish government blamed Daesh for the bombing. On July 22, the PKK claimed responsibility for the killing of two Turkish police officers, saying they were cooperating with Daesh.

The Friday statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the BBC’s report facilitated PKK’s recruitment, adding that the militant group could become more encouraged through “such irresponsible and hypocritical approaches vis-a-vis terrorism.”

It said the PKK has killed more than 60 people and injured hundreds more in its new wave of attacks in southern Turkey.

Turkey: another 12 soldiers killed in PKK attack, clashes in past 24 hours

August 19, 2015 By administrator

(Photo: Cihan)

Eight soldiers were killed in a bomb attack carried out by members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization in Siirt province on Wednesday afternoon, while four other troops died in clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK terrorists in the Lice and Hani districts of Diyarbakır on Tuesday evening.

In a statement released on its website, the military said “separatist terrorist organization members” detonated a handmade bomb planted on the highway between Siirt’s Şirvan and Pervari districts as a military vehicle was passing by. Eight soldiers were killed in the attack. The Cihan news agency said three members of the security forces were among the deceased. Ambulances were dispatched to the area to aid the wounded soldiers.

In addition, a soldier who was injured in fighting in the southeastern district of Lice on Tuesday later died in the hospital, raising the number of soldiers killed in the Lice clashes to two.

Six Turkish soldiers had suffered injuries when a clash broke out between security forces and PKK members on Tuesday afternoon in Lice. The soldiers were taken to Diyarbakır’s Dicle University Hospital by helicopter. One of the soldiers, who was in critical condition, died from his injuries, according to the military.

The military said reinforcement units, helicopters and a reconnaissance airplane had been dispatched to the area. Another two soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a clash with terrorist PKK members in Hani, >another district in Diyarbakır, on Tuesday evening.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the military said approximately 100-150 people from the town of Gömeç in Hani attempted to form a human shield against an operation launched when PKK terrorists closed the Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway to traffic on Monday evening. PKK terrorists disguised themselves as villagers, and a clash broke out between them and security forces at around 8:55 p.m. Two soldiers were killed and another was wounded during the exchange of fire, according to the military.

In the meantime, a police officer was injured in a PKK attack carried out against a police station in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır. The police responded to the attack by PKK terrorists who opened fire on the station. The terrorists then fled the scene. The injured police officer was taken to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital for treatment.

Source: Zaman

Turkey: PKK bomb attack killed Eight Turkish soldiers and many wounded in Turkey’s southeast

August 19, 2015 By administrator

Eight soldiers were killed in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bomb attack in the southeastern province of Siirt.

PKK militants remotely detonated a bomb placed on the road linking Şirvan and Pervari districts during the passing of a military patrolling convoy. Several soldiers were also reported to be wounded.

Medical teams from Siirt and its environs were deployed to the area to bring the wounded soldiers to hospital.

PKK intensify attack: Three Turkish soldiers killed more injured in clashes

August 18, 2015 By administrator

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At least three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern district of Lice, adding to an already tense situation in the area.
Four Turkish soldiers suffered injuries when a clash broke out between security forces and PKK members on Tuesday afternoon in Diyarbarkır’s Lice district. The soldiers were taken to Diyarbakır Dicle University Hospital by helicopter. One of the soldiers, who was in critical condition, died of injuries sustained despite medical efforts, the military said.
Later on Tuesday, two more soldiers also surrendered to their wounds and died.
The military said reinforcement units, helicopters and a reconnaissance airplane have been dispatched to the area.

Turkey: Curfew declared in Turkey’s east over clashes with PKK fighters

August 16, 2015 By administrator

MUŞ – Anadolu Agency

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A curfew has been declared in the Varto district of eastern Muş province over clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), while five security personnel were killed in attacks over the weekend.

Muş Governor Vedat Büyükersoy said the governorate had declared a curfew starting from 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 16 until further notice in order to provide security, Anadolu Agency reported.

Büyükersoy added PKK militants were present in Varto and operations against the militants were continuing.
Early on Aug. 16, PKK militants raided a worksite in the district and demolished a bridge at an entrance to the district with bulldozers they had seized.

In the eastern province of Kars, one soldier was killed Aug. 16 in armed clashes between the local gendarmerie and suspected PKK militants.

The clashes erupted during a gendarmerie special team operation in Kars’ Kağızman district. Gendarmerie CSM Nurettin Öztürk succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Another wounded soldier was reported to be in a good condition.

Three suspected PKK militants were killed in the clash and their weapons were seized. An air-supported security operation started in the area.

The clashes came one day after three soldiers and a police officer were killed in attacks by the PKK in eastern Turkey.

The three soldiers were killed when an explosive device laid by PKK militants on a road in the Karlıova district of eastern Bingöl province was detonated on Aug. 15, the Turkish Army said in a statement. “Three of our soldiers were martyred and six wounded,” the army said.

An official ceremony was held in Bingöl for three fallen soldiers identified as Gendarmerie NCO Muhammed Gürlek, Specialized Sgt. Haşim Dirik and Specialized Sgt. Musa Saydam.

The body of Gürlek was set to be laid to rest in the western province of Osmaniye, while Dirik’s body was sent to the Aegean province of Manisa for his funeral. Saydam’s body was sent to the western province of Kırıkkale, where he would be laid to rest.

Later on Aug. 15 a police commissar died after coming under attack by PKK militants as security forces were sealing trenches dug by the rebels in the Şemdinli district of the southeastern Hakkari province, Doğan News Agency reported.

Police Commissar Ahmet Çamur, 46, was brought to the Black Sea province of Trabzon for his funeral and burial after an official military ceremony was held in the southeastern province of Van.

Turkey: Three soldiers killed in PKK attack in southeastern Turkey

August 15, 2015 By administrator

Three Turkish soldiers are killed and six others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Bingöl.

Three Turkish soldiers are killed and six others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Bingöl, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The roadside bomb exploded Aug. 15 when an armored military vehicle was at the Karlıova town of Bingöl, the agency quoted initial reports.

Anadolu agency also said three soldiers died in the bomb attack as soldiers had clashed with PKK members who bid to check ID’s of travelers.

One of the fallen soldiers was a noncommissioned official as two others were specialized sergeants.

The security forces have launched an operation in the field to catch the attackers.

Turkey: Three soldiers killed, six injured as PKK attacks troops in Hakkari

August 14, 2015 By administrator

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Three Turkish soldiers were killed and six others were injured when a group of terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a group of troops in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Friday night. report Zaman

According to initial reports, PKK terrorists attacked the soldiers during an operation in the Dağlıca region of the Yüksekova district. Three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the ensuing clash, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement released later on Friday night.

The violence is the latest in a wave of fighting between Turkish security forces and the PKK after Ankara last month launched a military crackdown on both the PKK and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).