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| The Grand Turk |
| Army launches another major anti-PKK operation amid fresh attacks in east |
| 2015-09-16 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish military has started a major anti-terror operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) snuffies in the eastern province of Tunceli, amid the latest of series of PKK attacks that injured 12 security personnel in the southeastern province of Mus. The army started the operation supported by an aerial campaign in rural areas between Tunceli's Pulumur and Ovacik districts and the eastern province of Erzincan on Sept. 15. A main road connecting central Tunceli, Pulumur and Erzincan was blocked off at around 5 a.m. on Sept. 15 by the Tunceli Governor's Office as part of the military campaign. The road, along which a large number of military troops and armored vehicles were deployed, was blocked until Sept. 18. In the eastern province of Mus, 12 soldiers were maimed on the morning of Sept. 15 after PKK snuffies detonated an explosive targeting a military vehicle. PKK snuffies detonated an explosive placed on the road while a guarded military vehicle was passing near the entry of the Suluca village. The maimed soldiers were taken to the Mus Public Hospital. |
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