| (KUNA) -- The Turkish army on Tuesday killed six Kurdish rebels in clashes in the restive southeast part of the country, military sources said. A military General Staff statement added that the clashes had taken place in the mountainous Sirnak province in southeast Turkey between Turkish troops and elements from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in which six rebels and one soldier were killed. The PKK, classified as a terrorist organization by the US, Turkey and the European Union (EU) has been fighting since 1984 for autonomy for the southeast area of Turkey with that has Kurdish majority. Up to 37,000 people have been killed in the conflict. |