Sat Jul 30, 2016 14:10:59
Turkish forces say they have killed 35 militants with a separatist Kurdish militant group who attempted to storm a military base in southeastern Turkey.
The fatalities were reportedly caused on Saturday following an attempt by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants to overrun the outpost in the Hakkari Province from three directions.
Most of them were killed in Turkish airstrikes after warplanes spotted the surging attackers.
A day earlier, the military had engaged PKK militants in the province’s Cukurca district. The fighting killed eight soldiers and wounded 25 others.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since 1984, when the PKK, listed as a terrorist group by many countries, took up arms in pursuit of establishing an independent state in southeastern Turkey.
A ceasefire between the PKK and the Turkish government collapsed in July 2015 and attacks on Turkish security forces have soared since. Thousands of militants and hundreds of civilians and soldiers have been killed since then.
Ankara has come under the spotlight for the civilian fatalities reportedly caused during the conflict.
The Turkish armed forces are, meanwhile, hot from undergoing an overhaul in the aftermath of a failed July 15 military coup, led by one of its factions, during which tanks, helicopters, and soldiers clashed with police and people on the streets of the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul.
The shake-up has seen about 40 percent of all generals and admirals being dismissed.
S/SH 11
string(2275) "[{"id":"1810363","sort":"3594531","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/04/20/alalam_635967830775722230_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Opposition Leader Says Turkey Rejects PKK Calls for Peace Talks"} ,{"id":"1813699","sort":"3594530","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/01/alalam_635977103644361341_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"VIDEO: Four Turkish Soldiers Killed in PKK Militants Attacks in Mardin, Gaziantep"} ,{"id":"1816181","sort":"3594529","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/08/alalam_635983423576086932_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Turkey Fighter Jets Target PKK Positions in Northern Iraq"} ,{"id":"1817065","sort":"3594528","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/11/alalam_635985816979959253_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Turkish Armed Forces Killed 20 PKK Militants: Turkish General Staff"} ,{"id":"1817784","sort":"3594527","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/13/alalam_635987653314573435_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"8 Turkey Soldiers Killed in Clashes with PKK, Helicopter Crash"} ,{"id":"1818723","sort":"3594526","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/16/alalam_635990115785776788_25f_4x3.mp4","title":"VIDEO Shows Moments Turkish Cobra Helicopter Shot Down by PKK Missile"} ,{"id":"1821977","sort":"3594524","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/05/26/alalam_635998659317534797_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"3 Turkey’s Policemen Killed, 9 Injured in PKK Car Bomb Explosion"} ,{"id":"1826427","sort":"3594525","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/06/08/alalam_636010151246132387_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Turkey Blames PKK for Istanbul Bomb Explosion"} ,{"id":"1826731","sort":"3594523","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/06/09/alalam_636010880957169050_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"PKK Claims Attack on Police in Southeast Turkey that Killed 6: Statement"} ,{"id":"1836176","sort":"3594522","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/07/07/alalam_636035106890147196_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Turkey Fighter Jets Pound PKK Bases in Southeast: Report"} ,{"id":"1836503","sort":"3594521","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/07/08/alalam_636035978460758280_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Turkish Jets Killed Dozen PKK Militants SE Turkey, N Iraq"} ,{"id":"1841416","sort":"3594520","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2016/07/21/alalam_636047169815918566_25f_4x3.mp4","title":"Shocking VIDEO: Watch! Turkey Fighter Jets Attack PKK Kurdish Militants in Iraq"} ]"