Articles About Terrorist Activities

Allied countries need to unite and develop a common front in order to succeed in the fight against terrorism says Chief of Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ. He also says the military is determined to wipe out the PKK and that NATO’s success in Afghanistan is vital to the future of the alliance.

Countries that are today targets of terrorism have no guarantees they will not be threatened in the future, and Turkey is determined to wipe out the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, said the chief of general staff at an international seminar in Istanbul on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

The Iraqi vice president said on Thursday that the terrorist organization PKK would leave his country if it does not lay down arms.

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said that the terrorist organization PKK would leave Iraq if it does not lay down arms.  

“The terrorist organization PKK will either lay down arms and plead for mercy or it will leave Iraq,” he said in a TV program. Read the rest of this entry »

A Turkish village guard was killed when a landmine exploded in the southeastern province of Sirnak, Dogan News Agency reported on Sunday.

Two other village guards were injured when the landmine planted by PKK terrorists exploded in the Uludere district of the Sirnak province, the agency said.

In a separate incident, a member of the PKK surrendered to security forces in the Silopi distrcit of Sirnak late on Saturday, Dogan News Agency reported. Read the rest of this entry »

Six Turkish soldiers were killed and eight others were injured when a landmine planted by the terrorist organization PKK exploded in the southeastern part of the country, the military said on Thursday.

The blast occurred at 11:40 p.m. (GMT 20:40) on Wednesday when the soldiers’ military vehicle struck a remotely controlled landmine on a road in the Cukurca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, the Turkish military said in a statement posted on its website.

One of the injured was in serious condition, Hakkari Governor Muammer Turker said. Read the rest of this entry »

Turkish security forces detained more than 30 people Thursday in simultaneous operations to crack down on suspected supporters of the terrorist organization PKK.

The state-run Anatolian Agency reported operations were launched in five provinces including Istanbul and Ankara, and the western cities of Izmir and Manisa as well as the eastern province of Van.

The operation was launched and conducted by the Gendarmerie Command Headquarters of Izmir, the report said. Read the rest of this entry »

Two PKK terrorists were killed in a clash with Turkish security forces in eastern Turkey, Anatolian Agency reported on Sunday quoting the local governor.

The fighting took place during a security operation targeting the terrorist PKK organization near the town of Malazgirt in Mus province, Gov. Erdogan Bektas told the agency.

Security forces were investigating whether one of the terrorists was behind a rocket attack last year on a police station in Malazgirt that killed one officer and wounded three others, he added. Read the rest of this entry »

Four PKK terrorists were killed in a clash with Turkish security forces in the southeastern part of the country, the army said late on Friday.

The clash took place in the Lice district of Diyarbakir province during a military operation there, the Turkish militarty said in a statement.

Kalashnikov assault rifles, ammunition, hand grenades and PKK documents were seized in the aftermath of the clash, it added.

The terrorists were believed to be among those responsible for an attack on a military vehicle at the end of April in which nine soldiers were killed, Dogan News Agency said. Read the rest of this entry »

Seven PKK terrorists were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the southeastern part of the country, the army said on Saturday.

One village guard was also killed and another was injured in the clashes in the Eruh district of the southeastern province of Siirt, the military said in a statement posted on its website.

The Turkish military launched an operation in the area following a mine explosion in Eruh that killed one village guard and injured another on Friday.

The PKK, which launches cross-border attacks on Turkey from bases in northern Iraq and frequently uses remote-control landmines to target the country’s security forces, is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States.  Read the rest of this entry »

Two village guards were killed in clashes with PKK terrorists in a southeastern Turkish province on Friday, Dogan News Agency said. Three PKK terrorists were also killed in the clashes, it added.

Special gendarmerie forces were dispatched to the region by helicopter after the incident in the Eruh district of the southeastern province of Siirt.
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One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were injured when a landmine planted by PKK terrorists exploded in a southeastern province, news agencies reported.

The blast in the Cukurca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari occurred during a patrol mission.

The wounded soldiers were rushed to a military hospital in Hakkari, reports added. Read the rest of this entry »