Official ceremony held for solider killed by PKK
Müsellim Ünal, a soldier who was killed in an attack by the PKK in Adıyaman province on Monday was sent to his hometown of Kayseri after an official ceremony held in Adıyaman on Tuesday. This comes a week after the terrorist organization announced that the cease-fire that was declared in a message from the PKK's imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, in 2013 has ended.
The Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement that gendarmerie troops were conducting an operation in a rural part of Adıyaman when PKK militants opened fire in the morning. Reinforcements were sent to the site upon the attack and one soldier was killed in the second attack on troops Monday afternoon. A reconnaissance aircraft and more troops were deployed to the area and a manhunt to capture the perpetrators was underway when the news went to print.
Media outlets reported that the soldiers were scanning the area for a terrorist presence after an attack at the construction site of a dam by the PKK in Adıyaman. The PKK had stepped up attacks on dam construction sites and burning trucks and bulldozers at various sites in southeastern Turkey.
The PKK has been involved in a bloody campaign under the pretext of Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s, which saw tens of thousands of people killed in the conflict. The group has largely ceased its activities after the government launched the reconciliation process to end the PKK's campaign of terror two years ago.
The Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement that gendarmerie troops were conducting an operation in a rural part of Adıyaman when PKK militants opened fire in the morning. Reinforcements were sent to the site upon the attack and one soldier was killed in the second attack on troops Monday afternoon. A reconnaissance aircraft and more troops were deployed to the area and a manhunt to capture the perpetrators was underway when the news went to print.
Media outlets reported that the soldiers were scanning the area for a terrorist presence after an attack at the construction site of a dam by the PKK in Adıyaman. The PKK had stepped up attacks on dam construction sites and burning trucks and bulldozers at various sites in southeastern Turkey.
The PKK has been involved in a bloody campaign under the pretext of Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s, which saw tens of thousands of people killed in the conflict. The group has largely ceased its activities after the government launched the reconciliation process to end the PKK's campaign of terror two years ago.