2015–16 Şırnak clashes

Turkish anti-terror teams continued operations against four outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the northeastern province of Trabzon's Maçka district on May 18, after the militants killed a specialized sergeant on May 16 during a previous operation.

A Russian-made air defense missile has been seized by Turkish security forces during ongoing operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Interior Ministry announced on May 10.      

A total of 14 outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants were killed on April 29 in separate air operations in Turkey's southeastern Adıyaman province and northern Iraq, the Turkish military said.
 
In a written statement, the Turkish Armed Forces said an hour long air operation on Iraq's Sinat-Haftanin region starting at 8.31 a.m. had killed six militants. 

Five Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded on April 25 due to attacks by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern and southeastern provinces of Kars, Bitlis and Şırnak, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded on April 25 due to attacks by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern and southeastern provinces of Kars and Şırnak, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A total of 66 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been "neutralized" in security operations in one week, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on April 24. 

According to the ministry, 53 militants were killed, eight surrendered and five were captured alive in some 321 ground and air operations carried out between April 17 and 24. 

One soldier was killed in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak on April 22.

The soldier was wounded during an ongoing security operation against the PKK and was taken to the Şırnak State Hospital with a military helicopter, where he succumbed to his wounds.

Five soldiers were killed and some 45 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations in the country's southeastern region over the past week, the Turkish military stated on April 21.

A total of 26 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations against targets in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Turkish military announced on April 20.      

According to the latest statement, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced that eight more PKK militants were "neutralized" in operations in the Nalaguva Tepe region.

Terrorist organizations will be erased from Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on April 7 at an opening ceremony in the southeastern province of Şırnak.