Pülümür

A hidden wonder among steep mountains in eastern Turkey, the Pülümür Valley attracts visitors with its stunning scenery. (Source: AA)

Six outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who had abducted and killed a teacher in the eastern province of Tunceli were killed in an operation by armed drones on July 19, the Tunceli Governor's Office has stated.

Locals flocked to the Munzur and Pülümür rivers in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli amid blistering temperatures over the weekend, to enjoy clear and cold waters pumping through a rocky corridor, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

An investigation has been launched into the helicopter crash in the eastern province of Tunceli that claimed the lives of a judge, seven police officers, a noncommissioned officer and three personnel. 

All 12 people on board a police helicopter that crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli were killed on April 18, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said. 

Contact with the Sikorsky helicopter was lost at 11:43 a.m., Soylu said during press conference.

"There is no external factor behind the crash of the helicopter. It crashed due to bad weather conditions," he added.

A new subspecies of lizard has been discovered in the eastern province of Tunceli.

The subspecies, published in the Russian Journal of Herpetology, was named Neurergus Strauchii Munzurensis after the Munzur River in the region. 

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.

Turkish military has started a major anti-terror operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Tunceli, amid the latest of series of PKK attacks that injured 12 security personnel in the southeastern province of Mu?.

One soldier and four civilians were wounded in a late Aug. 13 bomb attack by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) on a military post in the eastern province of Tunceli.