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10 Turkish security officials, including soldiers and policemen,
were killed in clashes with theterrorist Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) on Sunday when the terrorist group assaulted policeand
military outstations in the southeast province of rnak, which
borderlines northern Iraq.
7 other members of the security services were injured in the
fighting. Clashes between Turkishsecurity forces and the terrorist
PKK were still in progress, Turkish authorities declared on
Monday.Authorities also told that 4 of the injured are reportedly
in critical circumstance.
The simultaneous assaults came late on Sunday in rnaks Beytebap
zone from 4 different spotsaiming several security locations with
rocket launchers and long-range weapon system. A clashensued after
private security force reacted to the assaults. At least 20 PKK
terrorists were shot downin the clash.
9 of the Turkish security officials were killed at the site of
the attacks while one other was laterenounced dead at the rnak
Military Hospital, in accordance with a affirmation issued by the
rnakGovernors Office. 7 security officials are still encountering
treatment for their injuries at the hospital.The military sent
reinforcements to Beytebap to battle the terrorist group, and
operations werecontinuing on Monday, the governors office added
up.
The bloody assaults on the police and military outposts came
amid ongoing and heated clashes insoutheastern Turkey along the
border with Iraq. The Turkish military established a big operation
inHakkaris emdinli district last month when PKK terrorists
barricaded the road of a village in the regionand questioned
villagers. Security sources tell more than 150 PKK terrorists have
been killed theresince the operation started.
The bodies of the soldiers and policemen shot down in Beytebap
were initially taken to theprovince of Diyarbakr via helicopters
for an autopsy and then sent to their hometowns. Sources toldthe
fallen soldiers and policemen will be laid to rest after funeral
services on Tuesday.President Abdullah Gl published a written
affirmation marking the assaults. He told all of Turkey
wasprofoundly shocked by the attacks. Whoever made us feel such
sorrow will unquestionably be calledto account, read his
message.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozda condemned the attacks when he
came out on a live TV programon Monday afternoon. He told that
terror had once again demonstrated its horrifying face, this time
inBeytebap. Turkeys fight against terrorist act will carry on in
all possible ways as it has so far, hetold. He also expressed his
commiserations to the families of the fallen soldiers and policemen
inBeytebap.
Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union
and the U.S., the PKK has beenexecuting a bleeding warfare in
Turkeys Southeast since 1984. More than 40,000 people have
beenkilled in the battle between the terrorist PKK and Turkish
forces since the PKK launched its fight withthe intention of
establishing a separate Kurdish state in the preponderantly Kurdish
Southeast.The last PKK attack is reminiscent of an earlier bleeding
attack by the same terrorist group in thesoutheastern province of
Hakkari in early August. 6 soldiers and 2 village guards were
killed andseveral others injured when PKK terrorists assaulted
military outstations in the district of ukurca.
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Moreover, the last major terrorist assault in the country
occurred in the southeastern province ofGaziantep, where ten
civilians, including 4 babies, were shot down and as many as
seventy peoplewere injured. The incident took place on Aug. 20 when
a car bomb blew up near a police station.Inside its borderlines,
the Turkish state has accorded more cultural rights to Kurds as a
way offacilitating the long-running battle with a important portion
of the ethnic minority, but there has beenstill a good deal of
mistrust between Ankara and many Kurds.
The Beytebap assaults have drawn condemnations from the whole of
Turkey, with parties, NGOs,university administrations, football
clubs and many other groups issuing messages marking the
deadlyincidents.
Republican Peoples Party (CHP) spokesperson Haluk Ko told acts
of terrorism staged by the PKKhave reached a point where Turkeys
sovereignty in southeastern Turkey is called into question.
Heaccused the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government
of being responsible for thegrowing number of deaths of security
forces personnel in the fight against terrorism and added
thatgovernment officials should stop making statements about
terrorist attacks.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Secretary- General smet
Bykataman lashed out at the terroristPKK in a message he issued, in
which he said the separatist treacherous people [PKK terrorists]
whoare targeting the unity and sovereignty of Turkey should
understand that they will never be able toattain their heinous
objectives, and they will not be able to save themselves from the
sorrowful endthat is waiting for them.
Grand Unity Party (BBP) Chairman Mustafa De stici described the
attacks in Beytebap as attemptsto damage the brotherhood between
the countrys Turks and Kurds that dates back roughly 1,200years.
Acts of terror will never be able to damage our brotherhood, he
said.
The attacks also left their mark on the inauguration ceremony of
the new legislative year. SupremeCourt of Appeals President Ali
Alkan condemned the attacks during a speech he delivered during
theceremony. He also expressed his condolences to the families of
the slain policemen and soldiers.The attacks on the military and
police outposts also brought the unsafe conditions of outposts
backonto the agenda. The outposts, located among high and rocky
mountains, were once built as part ofTurkeys efforts to curb
smuggling in the region, but have remained neglected. The
government vowedto reinforce outposts in the countrys eastern and
southeastern regions after bloody terrorist attacksclaimed the
lives of dozens of soldiers in the past few years, but the
reinforcements have not yet beencompleted.
Turkish Tradesmens and Artisans Confederation (TESK) Chairman
Bendevi Palandken alsocondemned the attacks in a message he issued,
in which he said the masterminds and stagers ofterrorist attacks
are enemies of humanity. Those who shed blood will not get away
with it. The
terrorist group [PKK] which claims the lives of our people will
come to an end one day, Palandkensaid, and also made a call on
people to act with common sense in the face of growing PKK
violence.
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