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Turkey says no civilian casualties in air strike

29 December 2011 [17:21] - TODAY.AZ
Turkish General Staff denied all charges over civilian casualties as a result of Turkey's Air Force's operations in the Sırnak Province in the south-east of the country, TRT Haber TV channel reported.

According to the report, the operations were conducted in Kurdistan Workers Party terrorists' hide-out, and there were no settlements of civilians there.

Earlier a number of media outlets published reports about killing of over 20 people as a result of the Turkish Air Forces' operations in the Sırnak Province.

Earlier, the Turkish aviation repeatedly attacked the positions of Kurdish separatists from Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Their bases are located on the Turkish-Iraqi border.


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