8 Turkish soldiers neutralized in Kurdish fighters PKK attack

October 5, 2018 By administrator

Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a PKK attack on Oct. 4 in southeastern Batman province, according to the local governorship.

In a statement, the Batman Governor’s Office said “the terrorists detonated an improvised explosive planted in the road when an armored military vehicle was passing through the rural area of Gercüş district.”

A wide-scale operation has been launched in the area.

The Turkish security forces have intensified operations against the PKK in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU,

On Oct. 4, Turkey also announced that “10 terrorists were neutralized in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq’s Avasin-Basyan and Zap regions.”

Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in statements to imply the targets in question either surrendered, were killed or captured.

In a statement, the Interior Ministry said Mehmet Sait Sürer, who used the codename Cuma Mardin, was among the “neutralized” in the airstrike in Nusaybin district of Turkey’s Mardin province.

Sürer was in the red category of the ministry’s “most wanted terrorists” list.

The Interior Ministry’s wanted list is divided into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and gray.

Kurdish PKK Fighters neutralized 3 Turkish soldiers 6 were wounded in clashes eastern Turkey

December 2, 2016 By administrator

3-soldiers-nutralized Three soldiers were killed and six were wounded in an operation against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Hakkari early on Dec. 2, Doğan News Agency has reported.

One of the killed soldiers, private Servet Tomak, had lost his father and was living with his mother in the Marmara province of Bursa. One of the other soldiers, contracted private Özgür Mutlu, was from the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale.

Security sources said the casualties came from a clash in the Çukurca district of Hakkari between Turkish security forces and PKK militants in the Mount Güven area, close to Turkey’s border with Iraq.

The clashes began at 06.40 am in the Güven Dağı Base zone after a PKK militant tried to infiltrate into the facility during heavy snow and foggy weather conditions.

Howitzers positioned in the area started to fire on the militants, and as militants under the offensive started to retreat, Turkish Air Force jets struck the targets, killing seven militants and heavily wounding nine others.

The nine injured were left at the scene after the attack, as security forces obtained the radio talk of fleeing militants who were instructed to leave the wounded by taking their weapons.

Separately, four militants were “neutralized” after Turkey fired artillery rounds into Hakurk, northern Iraq, from the Şemdinli district of Hakkari.

Kurdish forces PKK: Neutralized 3 Turkish Soldiers in Country’s East

April 22, 2016 By administrator

1031065518 According to media reports, a bomb attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Turkey’s eastern province of Tunceli has claimed the lives of three Turkish soldiers.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A bomb attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Turkey’s eastern province of Tunceli on Friday has claimed the lives of three Turkish soldiers, local media reported.

Turkish soldiers had been inside a military vehicle when the attack happened, the Anadolu news agency said.

Turkish aircraft that had been sent to the scene for reinforcement, opened fire on the militants of the PKK group, which is deemed a terrorist organization in the country, according to the media outlet.

The Turkish army has launched a military operation over the incident, the agency added.

Since summer 2015, clashes between the Turkish government and the PKK have claimed the lives of over 350 soldiers and police officers, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.