Scurity forces on Friday completed counter-terror operations against PKK terrorists that have been ongoing since March 14 in the southeastern district of Nusaybin as well as Şanlıurfa city center. The operations in Nusaybin were undertaken under the name of "Hawk-7."
The operations were for the purposes of filling in PKK trenches, lifting barricades, destroying improvised explosives and re-establishing public order in the region.
The office of the governor of Mardin stated on Friday that 495 terrorists had been killed, 508 barricades removed, 52 ditches filled and 1,213 hand-made explosives destroyed in operations throughout Nusaybin.
Turkey's southeast has been the scene of significant military operations since December 2015 as police and the army seek to clear the PKK from urban areas.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and EU, resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.