Leyla Birlik

A total of 19 bullets have been found in the bodies of three women who were killed on Jan. 4 in the southeastern district of Silopi as ??rnak Governor's Office denied media claims that the victims were assassinated. 

The southeastern province of ??rnak continued to roiled by violence on Jan. 6, with one soldier and three women killed in separate incidents in two districts under military curfew.

A special operations sergeant was killed on the morning of Jan. 5 in front of his home in ??rnak city by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, Do?an News Agency reported. 

After a series of recent controversial incidents, Ankara has sent a communique to the security directors of all 81 provinces across Turkey, stating that "provocateur" policemen damaging the image of the security forces should be punished. 

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One police officer has been killed and another has been wounded in clashes between the youth wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and security forces filling in ditches in Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak. 

The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced that it has ?suspended two personnel? over the notorious dragging of an alleged outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militant?s dead body through the streets of ??rnak in southeast Turkey in the beginning of October.

The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a complaint over the notorious dragging of a dead body of an alleged outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militant through the streets of ??rnak in southeast Turkey, also tabling a parliamentary motion addressed to the interior minister.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has ?disapproved? an image tweeted of a corpse tied to the back of a security vehicle being dragged on a street in southeast Turkey where security forces are battling militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers?

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has deplored a tweeted image of a corpse tied to the back of a security vehicle being dragged along a street in southeast Turkey where security forces are battling militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). 

Two soldiers have been abducted by outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in eastern Turkey amid the upsurge in violence in recent months, which has seen scores of security personnel and civilians killed in attacks.