One soldier martyred in SE Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

A Turkish soldier was martyred in an operation against the terrorist PKK organization in the southeastern Diyarbakir province Saturday, according to military sources.

The operation in the central Sur district also left another soldier wounded, the sources said, on condition of anonymity, adding that the operations were ongoing in the region.

Meanwhile, an autopsy report revealed Saturday that a 30-year-old woman, who was killed Wednesday in the southeastern town of Cizre in Sirnak province, was shot by PKK terrorists.

Hediye Sen was hit by eight bullets in her backyard amid an ongoing security operation in the Sur neighborhood - not to be confused with the district in Diyarbakir. The direction of the bullets revealed that she was shot by the terrorists, the report said.

Since July, official figures suggest more than 200 members of the security forces have been martyred and over 1,700 PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq, including airstrikes.