PKK kills four more soldiers as Turkey faces non-stop violence in east

Four Turkish soldiers and a civilian have been killed and at least 16 people have been injured across Turkey in terrorist attacks carried out by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) amid a surge in violence across the country.

Three soldiers were killed in a clash with PKK militants in the southeastern Hakkari province's Da?l?ca district late Aug. 14, Turkish media reported. Six soldiers were wounded in the clash.

In a separate incident, Fahrettin Budak, a 40-year-old civilian, was killed and ?aban Çelik, 29, another civilian, was injured in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 14 after the two were caught up in clashes between police officers and PKK militants who blocked off a road by digging trenches in the Ba?lar district.

Çelik was taken to the Dicle University Medical School Hospital. An investigation was launched into the incident.

On Aug. 13, Veli Ate?, a gendarmerie sergeant, was killed after PKK militants detonated a remote-controlled landmine they had placed near a railroad in the eastern province of Bingöl, the Bingöl Governor's Office said in a written statement. 

Bingöl also saw another clash which injured one military officer. R?dvan Çak?r, a gendarmerie sergeant, was injured in Bingöl late Aug. 13 after PKK militants fired shots with long-barreled weapons and rockets at the Yeniyaz? District Gendarmerie station. Çak?r was taken to the Bingöl Public Hospital for treatment. 

PKK attacks engineers

Another incident took place in the eastern province of Tunceli on Aug. 13. Murat Kaba, 31, a gendarmerie sergeant, and four civilians were injured after PKK militants detonated a minibus full of explosives near the Pülümür District Gendarmerie Command in...