01 December 2017•Update: 01 December 2017
By Yunus Okur
ERZURUM
Turkish security forces killed over 350 PKK terrorists in a series of counter-terrorism operations across Turkey and northern Iraq in November.
According to information gathered by Anadolu Agency, operations were conducted in southeastern and eastern provinces of Sirnak, Hakkari, Diyarbakir, Tunceli, Agri, and Iraq’s northern region.
The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU -- resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015. Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of more than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians.
On Monday, Turkish forces conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq’s Asos region near the mountainous border with Turkey, killing 80 terrorists.
A total of 296 PKK terrorists were also arrested in the operations. One of the arrested terrorists was a district head for opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Additionally, a total of 14 security personnel were martyred, while 15 security personnel and two civilians wounded in separate terror attacks in November.
On Nov. 2, six soldiers and two security guards were martyred, while two others were injured in an attack in Semdinli district of eastern Hakkari province.
On Nov.3, a police officer was martyred and 9 others were wounded in southeastern Diyarbakir province.
On Nov.7, a lieutenant was martyred after being fired upon during a counterterrorism operation in the country’s eastern Van province.
On Nov. 15, a soldier was martyred in clashes with a group of terrorists in Eleskirt district of eastern Agri province.
On Nov.16, two soldiers were martyred and another soldier was wounded during a clash with PKK terrorists in northern Iraq’s Avasin-Basyan region.
