Şırnak clashes

Some 46 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" in operations in eastern Turkey in the past week, the military said on Aug. 4.         

Authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the militants in question were either killed, wounded or captured.     

A total of 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in separate operations in Turkey's southeast and northern Iraq late on July 29, while one soldier was killed in clashes as part of security forces' operations in the eastern province of Hakkari on July 30, the military has stated.

Security forces launched an operation on July 3 against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who opened fire on road construction workers, killing two and injuring five others earlier the same day in the Uludere district of the southeastern Şırnak province, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Security personnel seized a large number of ammunition and explosives believed to belong to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) buried underground in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak on June 28.

The Şırnak Governor's Office said the discovery was made upon a denunciation in a dried stream bed in a valley called "Serin" in the Andaç village. 

A village guard injured during an attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on June 11 in the southeastern province of Şırnak has succumbed to his injuries in hospital, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were injured in outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) attack to a military base in southeastern province of Şırnak on June 9.

Security forces started an operation for apprehended PKK militants in area.

An outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant was killed in an armed clash with police in the eastern province of Malatya early on June 2, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A local in the central Yeşilyurt district informed police of a militant who was loading bombs that he had previously buried in a cemetery on a vehicle.

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a clash with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on May 31, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

The clash occurred during operations launched by 10,073 security forces officers in six different districts. 

A total of 54 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" in security forces operations across Turkey over the past week, the Interior Ministry stated on May 29.

Authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the militants in question were either killed, wounded or captured.