Alwaght- Turkish troops have killed almost 70 Kurdish fighters and 2 Turkish officers have been killed in four days of military operations near the Syrian and Iraqi borders against the members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeast Turkey.
The country’s army said in a statement that one Turkish officer was killed in the town of Cizre and another died in clashes in Sur district in the city of Diyarbakir.
Most of the Kurdish militants killed were in the towns of Cizre and Silopi, which have predominantly Kurdish populations.
The towns are being targeted in intensified military operations by the Turkish regime which has deployed about 10,000 troops. On Saturday, the troops were visited by the head of the armed forces, General Hulusi Akar.
Kurdish militants and politicians have accused Turkish military of turning their homes into piles of rubble.
"Are you trying to be heroic by sending six generals and 10,000 soldiers against a few PKK (members) in Cizre?" the leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party Selahattin Demirtas asked the government, as cited by AFP.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue the operation until the area is cleansed of Kurdish militants.
The intensified operations by Turkish forces against Kurds have led to fears that the country is on the brink of a civil war.
Ankara’s hardline politicians and Turkish nationalists across the country are pouring oil onto the flames with violent rhetoric.
“The operations carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces, gendarmerie and police will continue in the region in a steadfast manner until public security is established,” a recent statement by Turkey’s General Staff reads.
Before the “anti-PKK” operation, as the Turks call their military actions in Cizre, Silopi, and other spots, both PKK and the government forces had been telling civilians to leave the area or go into hiding.
Kurdish rebels reportedly have not only dug trenches and built barricades in urban areas, but also modified their combat strategy to be effective against well-equipped government military forces.
Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS Takfiri terrorist group in both Iraq and Syria, making them a force in the war against the terrorists -- something Turkey fears could embolden its own Kurdish minority. The PKK waged two long, violent and unsuccessful struggles.
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