'Turkey's Semzinan under PKK control'
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) says it has taken control of the Semzinan district in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari.
The development comes two days after a Turkish soldier was killed and seven others injured during an attack allegedly carried out by the PKK members in the western province of Izmir on August 9.
The Turkish army has been involved in a ground and air operation on Semzinan over the past several days.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and ten others injured in clashes between the PKK members and government troops in Hakkari on July 30.
On August 5, 22 people, including six Turkish soldiers, two village guards and 14 PKK members, were killed in clashes that broke out after the Kurdish rebels attacked a Turkish military post in a village in Hakkari on the border with Iraq.
On December 29, 2011, 35 people were killed in a Turkish air strike near a Kurdish village in the Uludere district of Sirnak Province close to the border with Iraq. The Turkish military said it had targeted suspected members of the PKK. However, Turkish officials later acknowledged that civilians were killed during the attack.
PressTV - Turkey's southeastern Semzinan district under PKK control
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) says it has taken control of the Semzinan district in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari.
The development comes two days after a Turkish soldier was killed and seven others injured during an attack allegedly carried out by the PKK members in the western province of Izmir on August 9.
The Turkish army has been involved in a ground and air operation on Semzinan over the past several days.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and ten others injured in clashes between the PKK members and government troops in Hakkari on July 30.
On August 5, 22 people, including six Turkish soldiers, two village guards and 14 PKK members, were killed in clashes that broke out after the Kurdish rebels attacked a Turkish military post in a village in Hakkari on the border with Iraq.
On December 29, 2011, 35 people were killed in a Turkish air strike near a Kurdish village in the Uludere district of Sirnak Province close to the border with Iraq. The Turkish military said it had targeted suspected members of the PKK. However, Turkish officials later acknowledged that civilians were killed during the attack.
PressTV - Turkey's southeastern Semzinan district under PKK control