Over 50 PKK militants killed in Turkey

Turkey's security forces killed 51 militants of terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the area of Shemdilli the Turkish province of Hakkari for two days, the Sabah newspaper reported on Friday.

The operation against PKK is reported to continue. At the same time, an operation in northern Iraq is not ruled out.

The conflict between Turkey and the PKK which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state has been on-going for more than 25 years claiming over 40,000 lives. The PKK group is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the UN and the European Union.


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