(KUNA) -- A member of the banned organization of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was killed on Wednesday in a clash with Turkish security forces in the eastern province of Tunceli, said a military source. According to the source, the PKK militant was killed during a military operation in the Geyikusu village.Violence escalated in the last few weeks on the aftermath of killing a number of Turkish soldiers in scattered military operations in southeastern Turkey. These operations were executed by the northern Iraq-based PKK, which launched military operations against the Turkish government in 1984 in order to establish an independent Kurdish state. The Turkish government holds PKK responsible for the death of more than 37, 000 people since launching its military operations.