Eight soldiers martyred in SE Turkey
07:52, 13/05/2016, FridayU: Update: 08:37, 13/05/2016, Friday
Yeni Şafak
Six soldiers killed in PKK terrorist attack while military helicopter crash due to technical fault kills two soldiers in Çukurca of Hakkari province
As many as six soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist attack in the Çukurca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari.
Two other soldiers were killed in a military helicopter crash due to technical fault in a separate incident in the same region.
F-16 warplanes, unmanned aerial vehicles and troops were sent to the region to neutralize the terrorists.
As many as six of the terrorists have been killed so far.
Meanwhile in another southeastern Turkish province of Şırnak, as many as 15 PKK terrorists have been killed during clashes between security forces and PKK terrorists amid ongoing operations.
The PKK – considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the EU – resumed its armed campaign in late July.
More than 5,000 terrorists have been neutralized both in Turkey and Northern Iraq, according to the recent official Turkish figures.