10 February 2016•Update: 10 February 2016
ANKARA
One Turkish soldier was martyred Wednesday during ongoing anti-PKK operations in southeastern Diyarbakir’s Sur district, the military said.
The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that the soldier was heavily injured in a gun attack during operations against the terrorist organization PKK today.
He has succumbed to his injuries in hospital, the statement added.
The Turkish army said that a terrorist was also killed in Wednesday’s operations.
Parts of southeastern Turkey have been the focus of counter-terror operations and military curfews since Dec. 2015.
The PKK -- also considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in late July 2015.
Since then, more than 260 members of the security forces have been martyred and thousands of PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.
