The militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party said that a total of 75 Turkish soldiers and policemen were killed in an attack on the military site on the border between Turkey and Iraq.
MOSCOW
(Sputnik) — A total of 75 Turkish soldiers and policemen were killed
in an attack on the military site on the border between Turkey and Iraq,
the militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said as quoted
by the local media.
The PKK, considered to be a terrorist organization by Ankara, began its separatist insurgency in 1984. The group seeks to create a Kurdish state in parts of Turkey and Iraq.
“The PKK carried out during the last few hours
several operations against the Turkish army and police positions
in Chernakh area near the Iraqi border, which resulted in the killing
of 75 Turkish soldiers and policemen,” a spokesman for the armed wing
of the political group told Iraqi News portal on Sunday.
He added that militants seized Turkish
soldiers’ weapons and ammunition in the operation that retaliated
for the ”killing of a number of PKK fighters during the Turkish attacks
on their positions.”
Tensions in Turkey escalated in mid-summer when the country launched a
military campaign against PKK in northern Iraq, after militants claimed
responsibility for the murders of several Turkish police officers they
insisted were allied with Islamic State.The PKK, considered to be a terrorist organization by Ankara, began its separatist insurgency in 1984. The group seeks to create a Kurdish state in parts of Turkey and Iraq.
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