Kurdistan

Seven civilians were killed and 13 were injured in a terrorist attack in southeastern Turkey.

The target of the attack was a civilian vehicle and was the case of Ankara's declared Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist organization, according to Diyarbakir authorities.

Three more families on Sept. 11 joined a sit-in protest in southeastern Turkey outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition political party long accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.

The number of families staging a sit-in in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır to call for the release of their teen children reportedly lured to join by the PKK has risen to 17, while a petition was also initiated on social media to support them.

Bulgaria on Saturday handed a terror suspect over to Turkey after arresting the individual who tried to illegally cross into the country, reports AA. 

The suspect, identified by the initials B.G., 40, was arrested by Bulgarian security forces while illegally crossing the border, according to a security source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

More families in southeastern Turkey joined a sit-in protest outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition political party long accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.

Four families on Sept. 3 staged a sit-in protest outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition political party accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.         

Turkish fighter jets neutralized five PKK terrorists in northern Iraq in an air operation, according to the country's National Defense Ministry on Sept. 1.           

Two suspected members of the terrorist group YPG/PKK were detained on Aug. 31 in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province, bordering Syria, according to a statement by the governorship.

Turkey's national defense minister on Aug. 30 said the country needed direct confirmation of reports that YPG- the Syrian offshoot of the illegal PKK- withdrew from parts of northern Syria and destroyed some of their emplacements.     

Turkish security forces neutralized eight PKK terrorists during two-day operations in the country's southeast, local officials said on Aug. 25.