Kurdish freedom Fighters PKK Attacked and killed 5 Turkish Soldiers

August 24, 2016 By administrator

PKK kill turks Five soldiers were killed in separate attacks by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır and the eastern province of Bingöl on Aug. 24.

One specialized soldier was killed when a bomb hidden by PKK exploded in the Karlıova district of Bingöl.

Security forces were carrying out an operation against the PKK when a home-made explosive device detonated, leaving Kerim Üye dead.

The operation has been going on for two days in the area with aerial support.

Separately, four soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded in an attack by PKK in the Lice district of Diyarbakır.

PKK staged an attack on a military base in the district with long-barreled weapons and rocket launchers.

The wounded soldiers were taken to Diyarbakır Military Hospital.

Reinforcements were sent to the area and an operation with aerial support was launched.

Earlier, two village guards were killed in clashes withPKK late on Aug. 23. İdris Demir was killed in sniper fire and Tarık Aydemir was heavily wounded.

Aydemir was taken to Bingöl State Hospital, but succumbed to his wounds.

Additionally, two soldiers were wounded in a road-side bomb attack by PKK near the southern resort city of Antalya on Aug. 24.

The PKK detonated the bomb when a Turkish military vehicle was passing by, leaving a sergeant and a specialized sergeant wounded. İbrahim Dağ and Bayram Tokay were taken to hospital, while the police blocked the road after the explosion.

An operation with aerial support was launched to apprehend the militants involved in the attack.

Meanwhile, a three-day curfew has been imposed in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern Hakkari province early on Aug. 24, after PKK launched a rocket attack in the district.

“In order to prevent the terror attacks and carry out operations against the militants a three-day curfew will be in force starting from 6 a.m. on Aug. 24. Entrances and exits to Yüksekova are forbidden,” the statement released from the Hakkari Governor’s Office read, adding the decision “aims to protect the life and property of the residents in the district.”

Elsewhere, one child was killed and another was wounded when an object they found on the street exploded in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern Mardin province on Aug. 23. Two sisters aged eight and 10 were playing in the street when the object they found exploded.

The two children were taken to Nusaybin State Hospital, but one of them succumbed to her wounds.

An investigation was launched into the incident.

Turkey: kurdish freedom fighters PKK killed Turkish soldier, injured three policmen

August 22, 2016 By administrator

According to Turkish security sources, the casualties occurred early on Monday when clashes erupted between Turkey’s army and the PKK near security outposts in the town of Nazimiye in Tunceli province, 500 kilometers (310 miles) northeast of the province of Gaziantep.

A female PKK militant was also killed during the skirmishes.

Sources further noted that the incident prompted Turkish authorities to impose a round-the-clock curfew on Nazimiye and order security forces, backed by attack helicopters, to seal the area and send in reinforcements.

The development comes at a time when Turkey is still reeling from the Saturday deadly bomb blast that targeted a wedding ceremony, killing more than 50 people in the city of Gaziantep.

That attack was described as the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and the outlawed PKK militant group that has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in the country’s southeast since 1984.

Turkey-PKK clashes

Ankara has been engaged in a large-scale anti-PKK campaign in its southern border region over the past few months. The Turkish military has also been pounding the group’s positions in northern Iraq as well in breach of the Arab country’s sovereignty.

Turkey’s operations began in the wake of a deadly July 2015 bombing in Suruc, which the Turkish government blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

After the bombing, the PKK , who accuse Ankara of supporting Daesh, engaged in a series of reprisal attacks against Turkish police and security forces, prompting Turkey’s military operations.

A shaky ceasefire between Ankara and the PKK that had stood since 2013 was declared null and void by the militants following the Turkish strikes against the group.

More than 600 Turkish security forces and over 7,000 PKK militants have been killed since the collapse of the truce, according to the latest toll provided by the state-run Anadolu news agency in July.

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Turkey: At least 10 killed, almost 300 wounded in string of blasts in eastern Turkey

August 18, 2016 By administrator

A third explosion in the past 24 hours has rocked eastern Turkey, killing four security personnel and injuring seven in Bitlis province. It comes after two car bombings targeted police stations, leaving at least six people dead and as many as 290 injured.

First, village guard Müslüm Yaldız was killed, and a soldier wounded in clashes with PKK militants in the village of Nazar, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Then, a hand-made explosive went off on a road near the village of Gayda, when a military vehicle was passing by. Three soldiers were killed and six injured in that attack.

Early Thursday, a car bombing hit police headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, the administrative center of Elazig Province.

A bomb-carrying car exploded in front of the police station building, creating a hole in it and severely damaging the facility, according to local media.

Another car bombing attack on a police station in the eastern province of Van, near the Iranian border, killed a police officer and two civilians late Wednesday.

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Kurdish freedom fighters PKK bombing kills five soldiers eight injuries in southeastern Turkey

August 10, 2016 By administrator

Five Turkish soldiers have lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a military vehicle in Turkey’s troubled southeast.

Turkish security sources said anonymously that militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated by remote control the bomb they had earlier planted on the side of a road in the Uludere district of Sirnak Province.

The development came only a few hours after PKK members clashes with Turkish army forces as the latter were conducting an anti-terror operation in the rural Lice and Kulp districts in Diyarbakir Province, also in Turkey’s southeast.

One soldier was killed on the spot and three others suffered wounds in the shooting. One of the injured later died at hospital.

An unnamed military official said an operation to arrest the assailants was underway in the region.

Turkish military forces have been conducting ground operations as well as airstrikes against PKK positions in Turkey’s troubled southeastern border region as well as Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over the past few months.

The campaign began following the July 2015 bombing in the southern Turkish town of Suruc, which claimed more than 30 civilian lives. Turkish officials held the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group responsible for the act of terror.

PKK militants, who accuse Ankara government of supporting Daesh, launched a string of supposed reprisal attacks against Turkish security forces after the bomb attack, in turn prompting the Turkish military operations.

The Turkish military’s involvement in the anti-PKK operations comes as it is reeling from the aftermath of a failed July 15 coup attempt.

Kurdish freedom fighters PKK keep sending body bags to Ankara two police officers killed

August 9, 2016 By administrator

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said PKK freedom fighters detonated a roadside bomb by remote control late on Monday as a military vehicle was traveling along a road in the Uludere district of Sirnak Province, situated some 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) east of the capital, Ankara.

The source added that a policeman, identified as Yahya Akan, was wounded in the attack. He was transported to hospital, where he succumbed to his grave injuries.

Separately, PKK freedom fighters attacked Camlica Village in Adiyaman Province, critically wounding a policeman named Yusuf Sonmez, who likewise died of his injuries later.

Turkish military forces have been conducting ground operations as well as airstrikes against PKK positions in Turkey’s troubled southeastern border region as well as in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over the past few months.

The campaign began following a July 2015 bombing in the southern Turkish town of Suruc, which claimed more than 30 civilian lives. Turkish officials held the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group responsible for the act of terror.

The PKK militants, who accuse the Ankara government of supporting Daesh, launched a string of attacks against Turkish security forces after the bombing, prompting the Turkish military operations in response.

The Ankara government’s involvement in the anti-PKK operations comes as the Turkish military is reeling from the aftereffects of a failed coup attempt on July 15.

Turkish authorities have dismissed hundreds of army generals and admirals as well as low-ranking military personnel over allegations of involvement in the botched putsch.

Kurdish Fighters PKK killed 4 Turkish soldiers

July 31, 2016 By administrator

Clashes between Turkish army and militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have claimed the lives of four Turkish soldiers.

Officials said Sunday that three soldiers were killed as PKK opened fire on forces stationed in a forested area of Ordu province in northern Turkey.

The provincial governor, Irfan Balkanlioglu, said in a statement that two soldiers were also injured in the skirmishes, adding that a large contingent of troops were sent to the area to assist an ongoing operation against militants.

Security sources said another soldier was killed and six more were wounded as Turkish forces launched a security operation in a remote corner of Hakkari province in southeast Turkey.

For about a year, Turkey has been carrying out a large-scale military crackdown on suspected PKK militants in the southeast. The military claims it has killed thousands of PKK members, although rights campaigners and Kurdish political parties challenge the figure, saying most of those killed have been civilians.

On Saturday, the army launched a counterattack on militants who were attempting to storm a military base in Hakkari. Sources said 35 PKK militants were killed in the clashes.

Dozens of Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with the PKK over the past months. Five soldiers were killed Friday after militants attacked troops on a road near Cukurca district in Hakkari.

Turkey has expanded its anti-PKK attacks into the Syrian and Iraqi territories, despite fierce opposition by the two Arab countries.

Kurdish fighters PKK Killed Five in an ambush Turkish soldiers in southeast Turkey

July 30, 2016 By administrator

pkk-kill-soldiers Five Turkish soldiers were killed by fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in an ambush in the southeast of the country, shaken by regular violence, reported Friday local media.

The soldiers were attacked on the road between the towns of Hakkari and Cukurca, while patrolling in the province of Hakkari, said the Dogan news agency. The agency said eight soldiers were also wounded in the attack occurred near the border with northern Iraq. In July, the Turkish security forces conducted a major military operation targeting Kurdish militants in Hakkari province.

The attacks against the Turkish army have multiplied since late July 2015 cease-fire that had held for two and a half years in the southeast Kurdish majority. Since these attacks have caused hundreds of deaths on the side of security forces.

In recent months, the government has conducted military operations against the PKK to dislodge Kurdish fighters in urban areas. According to activists, civilians are also affected by renewed conflict.

Since the beginning of the PKK uprising in 1984, nearly 40,000 people were killed in the fighting. The PKK is considered a terrorist organization shared by the US and the European Union.

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PKK says 442 Kurdish fighters, 2,982 Turkish police killed since last year

July 28, 2016 By administrator

QANDIL,— Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) armed wing, the HPG, has released casualty figures of the past year’s clashes between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army according to which 442 guerrillas and 2,982 Turkish police and soldiers have been killed.

In a statement issued on Tuesday the HPG also said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was “solely accountable” for the war and the destruction of Kurdish cities in the country.

“The AKP government was never committed to the peace process. It started a propaganda war before launching its indiscriminate offensive on July 24, 2015 which led to the total destruction of Kurdistan,” the statement reads and accuses the army of having used “the heaviest weapons with most destructive technology” against Kurdish cities.

According to the released data, the Turkish army has launched 356 land operations, 658 areal bombardments, 1649 heavy artillery shelling, 110 direct clashes since July last year.

The PKK guerrillas have during the same period carried out 1199 “actions”, destroying 386 military vehicles, 15 tanks, 4 Cobra helicopters and targeting 110 military checkpoints.

The numbers of the prisoners are accordingly 16 guerrillas and 13 soldiers and policemen.

The Turkish army has not commented on the figures although it has released different numbers in the past and put the death toll for the guerrillas considerably higher.

The balance sheet released by PKK of war in Turkish Kurdistan cities and towns for the period between 24 July 2015 and 23 July 2016.

The balance sheet for one year is as follows:

Members of state forces killed: 2218
Members of state forces injured: 690
Members of state forces taken prisoner: 2
Armored vehicles destroyed: 457
Armored vehicles damaged: 307
1 Sikorsky helicopter and 1 train were damaged
Drones downed: 65
PKK members martyred: 363
PKK members injured: 15
PKK members taken prisoner: 16
Civilians martyred: 298
Civilians injured: 27

PKK units also seized a large quantity of ammunition from Turkish state forces and destroyed several arms and vehicles belonging to Turkish forces.

Turkey has frequently bombed PKK bases inside Kurdistan region after clashes resumed between Ankara and Kurdish guerrillas in July 2015.

The PKK has some 5,000 guerrilla soldiers stationed mostly in the remote bordering areas of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Since July 2015, Turkey initiated a controversial military campaign against the PKK in the country’s southeastern Kurdish region after Ankara ended a two-year ceasefire agreement. Since the beginning of the campaign, Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews, preventing civilians from fleeing regions where the military operations are being conducted.

Observers say the crackdown has taken a heavy toll on the Kurdish civilian population and accuse Turkey of using collective punishment against the minority.

Activists have accused the security forces of causing huge destruction to urban centres and killing Kurdish civilians.

Pro-Kurdish opposition political parties say about 1,000 civilians, mostly Kurds, have perished in the fighting, since the Turkish offensive against the PKK centred in towns and cities in Turkish Kurdistan.

The PKK took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of Kurds, to push for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority who make up around 22.5 million of the country’s 78-million population. A large Turkey’s Kurdish community openly sympathise with PKK rebels.

The PKK statement came only a day after the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) co-leader Selahettin Demirtas announced that the party intended to initiate talks between the PKK and Ankara after they stalled last year prior to the elections.

Demirtas has said the HDP plans to send two delegations to PKK leadership in Qandil Mountain in the Iraqi Kurdistan and Imrali Island on the Mediterranean coast where the influential PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is imprisoned and has been rejected to meet his HDP mediator since early last year.

Source: http://ekurd.net/kurdish-fighters-turkish-police-2016-07-28

Seven Turkish soldiers killed in two PKK attacks in southeast Turkey

July 10, 2016 By administrator

File photo shows Turkish army soldiers standing guard during operations against Kurdish militants southeast of the country. (AFP photo)

Two attacks claimed by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants have killed six Turkish army soldiers in southeast of the country.

Security sources said Sunday that the first attacked killed five soldiers who were traveling in Hakkari Province when a roadside bomb ripped through their military vehicle.

They said PKK militants had planted the bomb on a road along the border with Iraq.

The Turkish army declared an alert for border units while an air-backed operation was launched to find those responsible.

State-run Anadolu agency quoted other military sources as saying that “PKK terrorists” were behind the attack.

In a separate development, Kurdish militants conducted a car bomb attack against a military outpost in the Ercis district of Van province in southeast Turkey, in which one soldier lost his life along with a member of the village guard, Anadolu agency reported.

At least 15 people were injured including 10 soldiers and five village guards during the second attack. Among those wounded, one was seriously injured in the mainly Kurdish province, AFP quoted a Turkish army statement as saying.

Southeastern Turkey has been the scene of deadly fighting between Kurdish militants and the military over the past months. The fighting escalated after Turkey declared the collapse of years-long peace negotiations with the Kurds last year and began imposing restrictions in Kurdish-dominated areas.

Ankara has also intensified attacks on alleged PKK positions in Iraq and Syria, further deepening the unrest inside its territories. The PKK, which mainly operates in the mountainous regions of Iraq, has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly attacks in major Turkish cities over the past months.

Turkey says it has managed to kill thousands of PKK militants in its massive operations in the southeast. Many challenge the figure, saying many of those killed were civilians. Official figures says around 600 Turkish soldiers, police forces and village guards have also been killed since the fighting flared up in July 2015.

Three people, including two soldiers died on Saturday after PKK militants carried out a car bomb attack on a military outpost in southeast Turkey and then opened fire on the facility. The car bombing which targeted the Cevizlik village outpost in Mardin province also injured 23 more soldiers.

Turkey: Car bomb attack on military outpost kills 3, wounds nearly 40 in SE Turkey

July 9, 2016 By administrator

People search for injured as smokes rise from the Midyat Police station after an explosion on June 8, 2016 in Midyat, southeast Turkey. © AFP

At least three people have lost their lives and more than three dozen sustained injuries in a bomb attack on a military outpost followed by shooting in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin.

The car bombing targeted the Cevizlik village outpost in Mardin province, which borders Syria, on Saturday around 12:40 p.m. (0940 GMT), killing two soldiers and a civilian, security sources said.

They added that those wounded in the attack included 23 soldiers, three of whom seriously hurt, 14 civilians as well as one member of the village guard.

The attack came a day after Turkish troops killed 19 PKK militants during clashes elsewhere in the mainly Kurdish region.

Turkish troops killed 17 PKK militants in the Semdinli district of Hakkari province on Friday.

Separately, further north in the Baskale district of Van province, security forces, who were destroying explosives planted beside a road, were engaged in a firefight and killed two PKK militants, according to a military statement.

Ankara has been conducting a large-scale campaign against the PKK in its southern border region in the past few months. The Turkish military has also been pounding the group’s positions in northern Iraq.

The operations began in the wake of a deadly July 2015 bombing in the southern Turkish town of Suruc. More than 30 people died in the attack, which the Turkish government blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

After the bombing, the PKK militants, who accuse the government in Ankara of supporting Daesh, engaged in a series of reprisal attacks against Turkish police and security forces, prompting the Turkish military operations.