Alwaght- Five Turkish troops were killed on Wednesday and 14 others were wounded in separate attacks by suspected in Turkey’s Kurdish dominated southeastern provinces of Mardin and Hakkari.
Turkish government affiliated media outlets say four troops were killed and nine others were wounded when suspected PKK militants detonated an improvised explosive device buried under the asphalt road stretching between Aktütün and Beyyurdu near Turkey’s border with Syria.
In an earlier incident, one soldier, identified as Sergeant First Class Anıl Gül, was killed as a PKK sniper shot at him with a Kanas-branded sniper rifle during an operation on Tunç Street in Diyarbakır’s Yenişehir neighborhood.
The Turkish military has reportedly deployed troops backed by helicopters to the troubled region to launch an operation in the wake of the fatal attack.
The region have seen intense security operations since conflict between the state and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) re-ignited in July 2015.
Hundreds of police and soldiers and thousands of PKK fighters have since been killed, according to official figures. Opposition parties say more than 500 civilians have also been killed.
The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey since 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead.
