[An Nahar] The Turkish army on Friday completed a nearly three-month operation to eliminate the presence of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) faceless myrmidons in a majority-Kurdish town in the southeast.The military offensive in the town of Nusaybin in Mardin province, bordering Syria, began after authorities imposed a curfew on March 14, the private Dogan news agency reported.
A total of 495 PKK faceless myrmidons have been killed since then in Nusaybin alone, it said. It is not possible to independently verify the toll.
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has vowed to uproot the PKK, classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies, with so-called "clean-up" operations in several towns including Nusaybin and Yuksekova in nearby Hakkari province.
Activists have accused the security forces of causing huge destruction to urban centers and killing civilians. But the government says the operations are essential for public safety and the PKK is to blame for the damage.
In another development, seven Turkish soldiers were maimed Friday in an kaboom in the Diyarbakir province in the southeast, security sources said.