
Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency - Wikipedia
Contrary to the newest estimate, earlier figures by the Turkish military put the number of PKK casualties much higher, with 26,128 PKK dead by June 2007, [294] and 29,704 by March 2009. Between the start of the second insurgency in 2004, and March 2009, 2,462 PKK militants were claimed killed. [166]
15 female Kurdish rebels killed in southeast Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what is believed to be the largest one-day...
Turkey says 26 PKK militants were killed in military operations …
Mar 6, 2025 · ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in the past week, the Turkish defense ministry said Thursday, even as the militants’ imprisoned leader called on his group to disband and his fighters declared a ceasefire.
Footage of female fighter's mutilated body in... | Rudaw.net
Feb 2, 2018 · ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A graphic video has emerged on social media appearing to show the mutilated body of a female YPJ fighter, allegedly killed in fighting around the village of Qarnah near...
Deadly attack at Turkish aerospace firm leaves 5 dead, suspects …
Oct 23, 2024 · Attack TUSAS PKK Turkey Kurdish Erdogan Victims Explosives ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Suspected Kurdish militants set off explosives and opened fire Wednesday at Turkey's state-run aerospace and defense company TUSAS, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, the interior minister said.
At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in ...
Aug 10, 2023 · The attacks prompted retaliatory airstrikes that left four members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, dead on Thursday, according to a social media post shared later by the ministry.
Kurdish rebel group PKK claim deadly attack in Turkey's capital
Oct 25, 2024 · Outlawed Kurdish PKK militants on Friday claimed the attack on a Turkish defence firm that killed five, with officials saying the perpetrators infiltrated from Syria and carried out a shooting...
3 PKK fighters dead in Duhok - Shafaq News
Feb 21, 2025 · Shafaq News/ Three members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were found dead in northern Duhok on Friday following clashes with Turkish forces. According to Shafaq News correspondent, the bodies were discovered in the village of Koherzi, on the slopes of Mount Matin, where intense fighting erupted late Thursday amid heavy shelling and ...
How did Turkey lose 12 soldiers to PKK in Iraq? - Middle East Eye
Dec 25, 2023 · Twin attacks by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq over the weekend that left 12 Turkish soldiers dead triggered a wave of criticism on Turkish media against the...
List of assassinations of the Kurdish Workers' Party insurgency
This is a list of assassinations of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency, usually carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or the security forces of Turkey. Bucak was a Kurdish tribal leader and a member of the Turkish parliament. He was injured with his son when PKK militants under Cuma Tak tried to assassinate him. [1][2]