Turkish jets bomb PKK camps in Turkey, northern Iraq

Turkish military has destroyed 16 positions of the PKK terrorist organization in airstrikes in northern Iraq and in Turkey's southeast Tuesday, Turkish army said Wednesday.

The military also said that, four terrorists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in the fierce clashes with the troops in the southeastern province of Hakkari.

“One machine gun, three Kalashnikov automatic rifles, 250 rifle cartridges, two hand grenades, one radio set and one sleeping bag were discovered during the search carried out in the operation area," the General Staff said on its official site.

A total of 13 people were detained on charges of aiding and abetting the terrorist organisation in the east and southeast, according to the General Staff's statement. Ten people were held in Nusaybin, a town in the southeastern province of Mardin, while the remaining three were apprehended in Digor, close to province of Kars.

According to the General Staff, Turkish war planes destroyed 16 targets belonging to the PKK in areas near the border with Iraq and in northern Iraq. The targets, including shelters and bunkers in Dağlıca, near Turkey's Hakkari province near the border with Iraq, as well as Avaşin-Basyan in northern Iraq were struck by Turkish jets.

Two PKK terrorists turned themselves in to the security forces in Hakkari province's Çukurca district. Three improvised explosive devices found in remote areas of the provinces of Şırnak, Mardin and Hakkâri, were detonated by troops conducting road-checking duty.