A joint operation carried out by special ops units from the gendarmerie and police has led to the deaths of at least 40 terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) over the past five days in the Kazan Valley in Hakkari province, the Cihan news agency reportes.
The operation was launched to track down those responsible for the deaths of three soldiers on Wednesday in Çukurca, also in Hakkari. The special ops units used intelligence provided by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that indicated the presence of a large group of terrorists in the Kazan Valley area. Fighter jets from the Diyarbakır Air Base and Sikorsky helicopters are being used in the operation.
As the operation in the region continues, three police officers and two village guards that were killed by the PKK last week were laid to rest on Saturday. Police Chief Yalçın Dizdaroğlu and officers Okan Koç and Ertuğrul Polat were killed in a PKK attack against special ops police teams in Hakkari's Kırıkdağ village. Three terrorists were killed during the clashes that followed the attack.
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