17 PKK terrorists killed

ANKARA

The Turkish General Staff has said that 17 PKK terrorists were killed in a fresh wave of anti-terror operations in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday.

The military said on Thursday that four PKK terrorists in Nusaybin district of Mardin province, seven others in Sirnak province and six other terrorists in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari province were killed.

It is added that several home-made explosive devices were disposed of and 50 shotguns and four radios were seized.

The PKK -- also listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in late July 2015.

Since then, more than 290 members of the security forces have been martyred and thousands of PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.

The new wave of operations in southeast Turkey started on Monday.