11 Turkish Soldiers Killed In Clashes With PKK Militants

MEP: At least eleven Turkish soldiers were killed during separate clean-up operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in Turkey’s restive eastern provinces of Mardin and Van on Friday.

According to local authorities, “three officers and five sergeants were killed, eight servicemen were wounded in the Tendurek area in clashes with members of the separatist terrorist organization [PKK].

Two soldiers and a village guard died of their wounds in a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, ongoing clashes between security forces and PKK terrorists left eight soldiers dead and eight others wounded near Mount Tendürek located between eastern Van and Ağrı provinces.

The Turkish General Staff also said in a statement that 33 PKK militants had been killed and 30 others injured after Turkish government forces launched a series of aerial and ground operations against the Kurds’ positions in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari.