PKK Kills 7 Soldiers in Battles in Eastern Turkey
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Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed at least seven Turkish soldiers in clashes in eastern Turkey, triggering renewed sparring between the government and the opposition over anti-terrorism policies.
Troops and Kurdish militants were still fighting today in the region around Kavusak village in Hakkari province where six soldiers were killed, according to the state news agency Anatolia. Television channels reported a military mobilization in the mountainous region and helicopter ambulances landing at local hospitals.