A Kurdish insurgent was killed on Tuesday in clashes between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish insurgents in northeastern Turkey. A government press release said clashes erupted when the Turkish forces opened fire on a group of Kurdistan Workers Party members who refused to obey orders, noting that the Turkish Army is still executing operations in the area.The Turkish government blames the Kurdish party for the death of 30,000 people since the beginning of Kurdish armed campaigns in 1984 to establish an independent region in southwestern Turkey. During the past few months, a score of Turkish soldiers and Kurdish insurgents were killed in clashes, while Kurdish gunmen planted bombs in Istanbul that claimed a score of lives.