Baku, Azerbaijan, April 18
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The Turkish Armed Forces have eliminated 29 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which were on the "wanted list" for the last five years, the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces said, Turkish media reported April 18.
All of the terrorists were eliminated in the Amanos mountains in Turkey’s Hatay province.
The eliminated militants were involved in blowing up military convoys of the Turkish Armed Forces, armed attacks on military units in the eastern provinces of Turkey.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state, has continued for more than 30 years and has claimed more than 40,000 lives.
The UN and the European Union list the PKK as a terrorist organization.
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