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16.10.2008 - Source: BBC News
South-east Turkey: 5 soldiers and 5 rebels are killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels, the military says ("Turkish troops in rebel clashes") [ID 25077]
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15.07.2008 - Source: BBC News
South-east Turkey: According to the Turkish military, it has killed 22 Kurdish rebels over the last 5 days ("Turkish operation 'kills 22 PKK'") [ID 23916]
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14.07.2008 - Source: BBC News
South-eastern Turkey: 2 Turkish soldiers and 3 Kurdish rebels are killed in clashes near the border with Iraq ("Five dead as Turkey battles PKK") [ID 23915]
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23.03.2008 - Source: BBC News
New clashes between Turkish police and Kurdish protesters in towns of Yuksekova and Von, Hakkari province, marking the Newroz spring festival; 2 Kurds die of bullet wounds ("Two die in Turkey Kurdish clashes") [ID 22691]
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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State
295 terrorists killed and 193 injured in armed clashes related to the struggle against the terrorist PKK organization ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 22798]
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06.05.2007 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Southeast: According to officials, 2 soldiers and 5 guerrillas with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed ("Renewed Clashes In Southeastern Turkey Kill Seven") [ID 19898]
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27.04.2006 - Source: EurasiaNet
Upsurge in attacks against Turkish security forces by militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (KWP); renewed violence forced Turkey to act on both the military and legislative fronts ("Concern rising about Kurdish discontent in Southeastern Turkey") [ID 15610]
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10.03.2006 - Source: Guardian
Escalation of attacks by guerrillas of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), seeking autonomy ("Three die in bomb blast linked to Kurdish rebels") [#46243], [ID 14213]
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15.04.2005 - Source: BBC News
Siirt: 21 members of Kurdish paramilitary group, the PKK, killed by security forces; 3 members of the armed forces were also killed in 3-day operation ("Turkey kills 21 Kurdish fighters") [#31271], [ID 14225]
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01.09.2004 - Source: Guardian
Hakkari province: 2 Turks and 11 Kurds killed in fighting between army and Kurdistan Workers party ("Turks attack Kurdish rebels") [#25282], [ID 14254]
"Two Turks and 11 Kurds have been killed in three days' of fighting between the army and the Kurdistan Workers party or PKK, now known as Kongra-Gel, in Hakkari province on the Turkish border with Iraq.
A Turkish official said yesterday that more than 1,000 troops took part in the offensive. And the foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, again urged the US to take action against Turkish Kurd bases across the border."
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