One soldier was shot down and 3 others were injured in a clash with the PKK in the southeast province of Hakkari on Sunday.
In accordance with a affirmation issued by the Hakkari Governor’s Office on Monday, the clash came about in the Kavaklı region of Hakkari province at about at ten p.m. on Sunday. The affirmation contributed that operations against the terrorist group in the region are carrying on.
The PKK, active for autonomy in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish Southeast, was established on Marxist ideology. Turkey has been conducing airstrikes on PKK camps in Iraq’s northerly mountains and inside Turkey since August of last year, accompanying an growth in assaults on Turkish military personnel and civilians by the PKK.
The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The group is labelled a terrorist group by the EU and the U.S. government, which has provided Predator drones to assistance Turkey.
