Articles About Terrorist Activities

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Turkish security forces captured three members of the outlawed terrorist organization, PKK, in separate operations waged in the eastern province of Bingol and southeastern province of Hakkari on Saturday.

In an operation conducted in Bingol’s Karliova town, two PKK separatists were captured along with their weapons.Security forces also detained a member of the outlawed PKK during a road-check in Yuksekova town of Hakkari. Read the rest of this entry »

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The outlawed separatist PKK is the terrorist organization which took the most external support in the world, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said on Thursday.

Turkey has been fighting against not only terrorism but also the support extended to terrorism, Cicek told at a fast-breaking dinner hosted by the Union of European Turkish Democrats in Brussels on Thursday evening.

“None of the terrorist organizations could pursue its existence for a long time without an external support,” he said, adding terrorism is an international problem.

“However, today, terrorism issue is used for foreign policy interests,” he added.

Cicek also said the Council of Ministers, in its last meeting, decided to extend the period of cross-border motion, which allows Turkish soldiers to stage operations on terrorists in the north of Iraq, for one more year.

He added the issue would be brought on the agenda immediately after the Parliament would be opened.

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One Turkish soldier was killed and two members of the security forces were injured in a landmine explosion in a southeastern province of Turkey, the General Staff said Sunday in a statement posted on its website.

One Turkish soldier was killed Saturday in the Beytussebap district of the Sirnak province after stepping on a landmine planted by terrorists, the army said.

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Three Turkish soldiers and three village guards were killed Sunday in a clash with outlawed PKK separatists in the southeastern province of Hakkari near the Iraqi border, the governor’s office said.

The six were participating in a security operation near the town of Semdinli against the outlawed PKK.

Two other soldiers were also wounded in the fighting, the governor’s statement said.

Security operations are under way in the region.

Army sources told Reuters three helicopters were carrying new troops to the area near the Iraqi border, where fighting is continuing with outlawed PKK separatists, and two army helicopters were bombing the mountainous area.

Two or three thousand Turkish troops were involved in the fighting, the sources said.

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Three outlawed PKK separatists were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the southern provinces of Sirnak and Hakkari, the General Chief Staff said Thursday in a statement posted on its Website.

Two outlawed PKK separatists were killed in Sirnak and another was killed in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari, the General Chief Staff said on Thursday.

Another PKK separatist was also surrendered to Turkish security forces in Birecik district of southeastern province of Sanliurfa.

Turkey, provided with intelligence by the United States, has stepped up military action against the PKK since December.

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Two Turkish soldiers in a military vehicle were killed and nine others were injured in an armed attack carried out by outlawed PKK separatists in an eastern province of Turkey late on Tuesday.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in an armed attack carried out by outlawed PKK separatists in the Kigi district of the eastern province of Bingol, Turkish news agencies reported.

Irfan Balkanoglu, governor of the province, said the two soldiers had been seriously injured in an ambush while on their way to secure the construction site of a dam in Kigi.

They were rushed to hospital by helicopter, but could not be saved, he added.

A large-scale operation is under way in the region.

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Four Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded early on Sunday in an armed attack carried out by outlawed PKK separatists on a gendarmerie station in an eastern province of Turkey, Dogan News Agency reported. Two PKK separatists were also killed in the clashes that ocurred after the attack. 
 
Four Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded early on Sunday in an armed attack carried out by outlawed PKK separatists on a gendarmerie station in the Yedisu district of Bingol province, the agency reported.

Two PKK separatists were also killed in the clashes that ocurred after the attack, it added.

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