Turkish F-16
warplanes launched air strikes on Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey on
Wednesday, killing eight of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a
provincial
governor's office said.
PKK
militants had opened fire on Turkish soldiers at a military outpost near the
Iraqi border in the mountainous Cukurca area, triggering a clash between the
two sides, the Hakkari governor's office said in a statement.
It said the
Turkish military had sent a drone to the area which located the militants,
before the F-16 jets carried out their strikes. One Turkish soldier was wounded
in the clash and taken to hospital for treatment.
More than
40,000 people have been killed in the PKK's insurgency, launched against the
Turkish state in 1984. Turkey, the United States and European Union have
designated the PKK a terrorist group.
Since the
collapse of a two-year ceasefire in July 2015 the mainly Kurdish southeast has
suffered some of the worst violence since the conflict began.
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