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| Districts of Hakkâri province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Acting on a tip-off by local residents, the Turkish security forces launched an operation against a group of PKK members in Semdinli town of Hakkari province, said the statement released by the governor's office.
The security forces initially demanded the PKK rebels surrender but the militants opened fire on the troops in response, the statement said.
An air strike was conducted against the PKK militants after unmanned aerial vehicles detected their positions, according to the statement, which said 14 PKK militants were killed in the operation.
Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, the PKK took up arms in 1984 in an attempt to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Some 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts fuelled by PKK's separatist campaign in Turkey
from XINHUA
2012-11-09 16:12:55
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