By Xinhua
Ankara : Turkish security forces killed four militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, an official statement said on Wednesday.
The four PKK members were killed in a clash with security forces near Kelekci village of Siirt province, the statement issued by Siirt Governor’s Office said, adding that operations against the PKK were underway in the region.
The PKK has increased attacks on Turkish troops in southeastern Turkey in recent months, which led to rising Turkish demands for an incursion into northern Iraq to crush the rebels based there.
The group, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, launched an armed campaign for an ethnic homeland in the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking decades of strife that has claimed more than 30,000 lives.