Bingöl Governor's Office

One village guard was killed in an operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Bingöl on April 4, according to security sources, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.     

A major operation that was launched against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Lice district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been continuing with the participation of some 7,000 soldiers, special forces police officers and village guards.

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.

A Turkish gendarmerie sergeant 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.

One Turkish soldier died Aug. 13 when an explosive placed on a railway in the eastern province of Bingöl was remotely detonated during attempts to defuse it, according to officials.

The Bingöl Governor's Office said the victim was Gendarmerie Sergeant Veli Ate?, who died in the blast on the railway connecting the provinces of Bingöl and Elaz??, near the village of Suveren.

The head of the riot police department was wounded in a gun attack by an unknown assailant in the eastern province of Bingöl late Nov. 29.

The attacker on motorcycle opened fire on Ali İhsan Güngör while he was getting into his car following a visit to a village guard in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan neighborhood.