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Three Kurds, one soldier killed in
southeast Turkey
24.4.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, April 24, 2006 (AFP), -
Three Kurdish rebels and one Turkish soldier were
killed at the weekend in clashes in a mountainous
zone of mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey, authorities
announced Monday.
The fighting Sunday was near Bestler-Dereler in
Sirnak province, close to Turkey's border with Syria
and Iraq, a communique from the provincial governor
said, noting that army operations in the area were
continuing.
The Turkish media reported last week that thousands
of additional troops had been deployed in the
southeast and along the borders with Iraq and Iran
to intensify operations against Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) rebels, who have stepped up attacks in
the region.
Some newspapers have suggested that recent
deployments have brought the total number of troops
in the region to 50,000, while others have put the
figure at more than 150,000.
Violence in the southeast has increased markedly
since June 2004, when the PKK called off its
five-year truce and the rebels started to cross the
Iraqi border for attacks on Turkish soil.
Rebel infiltrations usually increase in spring as
snow melts and the mountainous terrain becomes more
accessible.
More than 37,000 people have been killed since 1984,
when the PKK, blacklisted by Turkey, the United
States and the European Union, took up arms for
self-rule in the southeast.
AFP
Southeaste Turkey: Northern Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey)
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