Turkish airstrikes have targeted and destroyed PKK sites in northern Iraq, the General Staff said on its website Wednesday.

Fighter jets hit bunkers and weapons enplacements in Hakurk on Tuesday, according to the statement.

According to the armed forces, around 1,200 terrorists have been killed in ground and air operations in Turkey and northern Iraq. More than 120 members of the security forces have been martyred.

The government launched its first ever airstrikes on the PKK since the cease-fire was announced in 2013 on July 25. Since then, the government has been conducting airstrikes on PKK camps in the Qandil Mountain in northern Iraq to terminate the threat the militants pose to Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to clear the region of terrorists with the operations