Turkish forces killed four Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants during an operation to neutralize five terrorists who were located near the Tigris River in eastern Şırnak province, the Doğan news agency reported on Friday.
The Şırnak Governor’s Office released a statement that said five terrorists were located in the Güçlükonak district of Şırnak through drones and that four of them were killed by gendarmerie teams.
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 43 PKK terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over the past week.
According to the ministry statement, Turkish security forces killed 27 PKK members and detained six. Ten PKK members surrendered to security forces in the same period.
Turkish authorities had conducted direct talks with jailed PKK chief Abdullah Öcalan for several years until a truce in effect collapsed in the summer of 2015.
Since then, there have been heavy clashes between the PKK and Turkish security forces.
More than 40,000 people, including 5,500 security force members, have been killed in four decades of fighting between the Turkish state and the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the EU.