Five more PKK terrorists surrender in SE Turkish town
10:53, 27/05/2016, Friday
Yeni Şafak
The campaign in the restive town continue to remove PKK barricades, fill ditches dug by PKK, deactivate explosives used as booby-trap bombs, and ensure public order
Five more Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists have surrendered in Nusaybin town of southeastern province of Mardin.
The surrenders came amid the ongoing "Hawk-7” operation, amid the military's efforts to destroy handmade explosives.
Since the beginning of the operation in Nusaybin, 437 terrorists have been neutralized and 1,027 handmade explosives destroyed.
Previously 67 terrorists surrendered in the town.
Security forces have been battling PKK terrorists in the southeast since a ceasefire collapsed in July 2015.
More than 5,000 terrorists have been neutralized both in Turkey and Northern Iraq, according to the recent official Turkish figures.