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Four Turkish soldiers killed in clash with
Kurdish rebels
9.12.2005
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey (AFP) - Four Turkish soldiers were
killed in fighting during a military operation
against separatist Kurdish rebels in the mainly
Kurdish southeast of the country, officials said.
The clash occurred on Friday in the province of
Sirnak, which borders Iraq and Syria, Education
Minister Huseyin Celik, who was visiting the region,
was quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency.
Local officials said the fighting erupted in a rural
area near the town of Guclukonak during a sweep
which began Thursday against the Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK).
Unrest in the southeast has risen noticeably this
year after the PKK, which is considered a terrorist
group by Turkey, the European Union and the United
States, called off a five-year unilateral ceasefire
in June 2004.
The Kurdish conflict in Turkey has claimed some
37,000 lives since 1984 when the rebels took up arms
for Kurdish self-rule in the region.
AFP
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