TURKEY-KURDS/MILITARY CONVOY Turkey reinforces security in restive southeast Turkey

Record ID: 134958

  • Title: TURKEY-KURDS/MILITARY CONVOY Turkey reinforces security in restive southeast Turkey
  • Date: 11th October 2015
  • Summary: CIZRE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF A CONVOY OF MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING ALONG ROAD, SEEN FROM DISTANCE
  • Embargoed: 26th October 2015 12:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAE1ZLMJBUT78E8SWF0RSNYMEJX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A military convoy was dispatched to Turkey's southeast province of Sirnak on Sunday (October 11) a day after the PKK declared an unilateral ceasefire.
    Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey on Saturday (October 10) and Sunday, pressing their military campaign a day after the rebel group ordered its fighters to halt attacks on Turkish soil.
    Security sources said some 30-35 PKK guerrillas were killed in northern Iraqi raids on Sunday.
    The announcement, though expected, came after twin bomb attacks on a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists at Ankara's main train station which a pro-Kurdish party said killed 128 people.
    PKK shelters and gun positions were destroyed in the Metina and Zap areas of northern Iraq in Sunday's air raids, a military statement said. It also said 14 PKK militants were killed in strikes in the Lice district of Diyarbakir province in southeast Turkey on Saturday.
    The PKK's 31-year-old conflict with the state erupted anew in July, with Turkey launching air strikes on militant camps in response to attacks on its security forces, ending a March 2013 ceasefire. Hundreds have been killed in the latest fighting.
    The PKK has announced a series of ceasefires in the past, including ahead of elections, often with a view to opening negotiations. Turkey's army does not declare ceasefires.
    Designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and European Union, the PKK launched a separatist insurgency in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. The state launched peace talks with its jailed leader in 2012.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register