Articles About Terrorist Activities

Six Turkish soldiers were killed Monday when terrorists fired rockets on a naval base in the southern Turkish city of İskenderun, Anatolia news agency reported.

Seven soldiers were also wounded in the attack that targeted a military vehicle carrying troops for the changing of the guard, the report said.

Three of them were in a critical condition and were taken to a military hospital in the capital, Ankara. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack that took place around 4 a.m. Anatolia news agency and other media reports described the assailants as “terrorists.” Read the rest of this entry »

Members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed five members of Turkey’s security forces plus a civilian on Saturday. The clashes came as jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan reportedly decided to abandon efforts to seek dialogue with the Turkish government, AFP reported.

Two soldiers and a village guard – one of the government-armed locals backing up the military against the PKK – died in clashes in Şırnak province, the military said in an online statement.

Two other soldiers were wounded in fighting that erupted when security forces came upon a group of PKK members in a mountainous area close to the Iraqi border, the online statement said. Read the rest of this entry »

Two Turkish soldiers and a member of village guards helping the Turkish military were killed Saturday in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, officials announced.

The toll rose to three after a soldier succumbed to his injuries in hospital several hours after the clashes in southeastern Şırnak province, a statement posted on the army’s website said.

Two other soldiers were wounded in the clashes, which erupted in a mountainous area close to the Iraqi border when security forces came upon a PKK group. Read the rest of this entry »

One Turkish soldier died Thursday in an attack on a military vehicle in the southeastern province of Siirt’s Pervari district, Anatolia news agency reported.

Bahtiyar Yalınca died in the attack at 9 p.m. during a routine patrol in the town center. Another soldier was injured.

Yalınca’s body will be sent to his hometown of Kütahya later Friday after a military ceremony in Siirt. Read the rest of this entry »

Turkish fighters have launched an aerial attack against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, targets in northern Iraq, the private channel NTV reported late Thursday.

It said 20 fighters hit around 50 points in the Hakurk and Zap region, without detailing the specific targets and damage given.

The attack came a day after Turkey’s top envoy in Baghdad, Murat Özçelik, met with Massoud Barzani, head of the Regional Kurdish Administration. Read the rest of this entry »

A Turkish court has jailed 10 men for more than six years for passing intelligence to Kurdish rebels before a deadly attack on a military unit in 2007, a court official said Thursday.

In its verdict late Wednesday, the court in the eastern city of Van found the suspects guilty of aiding a terrorist organisation and handed each a prison sentence of six years and three months, the official said.

The October 2007 ambush, in which 12 soldiers died, was one of the bloodiest Kurdish attacks in recent years and paved the way for a Turkish cross-border operation against rebel bases in neighbouring Iraq in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Separatist Kurdish rebels ambushed a group of soldiers in Turkey’s restive southeast, killing one, a security source said Sunday.

In the attack late Saturday, rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) opened fire with assault rifles on the soldiers who were on a security sweep around Lice town in Diyarbakir province, added the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. An operation was underway to catch the assailants.

The ambush came a day after PKK rebels attacked a military outpost in the eastern province of Tunceli, killing four soldiers and wounding seven. The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, took up arms against Ankara in 1984 for self-rule in the mainly Kurdish southeast, sparking a conflict that has claimed about 45,000 lives. Read the rest of this entry »