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2015-09-28 The Grand Turk
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PKK: Dozens of Turkish soldiers killed in ongoing clashes
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 [Rudaw] DIYARBAKIR, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
-- The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) says 75 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the past two days as intense festivities continue in the Sirnak area some 250 kilometers southwest of Diyarbakir.
A statement on Saturday by the PKK's military wing, the HPG, said 14 guerrillas were also among the dead after Turkish Arclight airstrikes targeted PKK bases near the Iraqi border. Four civilians were also killed, according to the statement.
The Turkish army announced on Saturday the total number of casualties since festivities began in July, and put the corpse count for the PKK at 1,337. It said 129 Turkish soldiers and coppers had also been killed in the fighting. According to the statement, 30 civilians, including one Iranian, were also killed.
A two-year ceasefire was effectively broken in July this year after PKK guerrillas assassinated two coppers in Diyarbakir, who they saw as the criminal masterminds behind a bombing in Suruc earlier that killed 32 pro-Kurdish activists.
Clashes continue as the country prepares to hold general elections in November following an inconclusive poll in June, after which the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to muster the seats to form a new government in 45 days.
The front man for the armed wing of the PKK Bakhtiar Dogan said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "The PKK carried out during the last few hours several operations against the Turkish army and police positions in Chernakh area near the Iraqi border, which resulted in the of killing 75 Turkish soldiers and coppers."
Dugan added that " Popular Defense Forces seized many types of weapons and ammunition." 
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