{"id":966,"date":"2017-10-05T19:02:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/turkey-pkk-militants-killed-at-popular-tourist-resort\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T19:02:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T19:02:41","slug":"turkey-pkk-militants-killed-at-popular-tourist-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/turkey-pkk-militants-killed-at-popular-tourist-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: PKK militants killed at popular tourist resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">Turkish forces have killed five suspected Kurdish militants at a popular tourist resort in western Turkey frequented by Europeans.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"77\">\n<p>\n\tPolice and gendarme units launched an operation on Thursday after detecting a group of seven suspected PKK militants in Turkey&#8217;s Mugla province.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpecial units cordoned off the forest area in Koycegiz district after\u00a0five of the militants were killed in clashes.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAuthorities said\u00a0the operation continues to locate and capture the two remaining militants, who are suspected to be members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Koycegiz region is particularly popular with British and German tourists due to its picturesque lake and the nearby hugely popular river resort of Dalyan.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTurkey&#8217;s southwest, where key tourist destinations like Izmir, Selcuk, Pamukkale, Bodrum, Antalya and Fethiye are located, are usually quiet and relatively safe.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPKK militants regularly clash with Turkish forces in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of Turkey attached to northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Wednesday, Turkish fighter jets targeted five PKK terrorists who were preparing for an attack in eastern Erzincan province&#8217;s Refahiye rural area, Turkish Armed Forces said in statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTurkish warplanes also carried out airstrikes on PKK camps in Iraq&#8217;s Metina region, destroying their hideouts, as well as arms and munition depots, it added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<p>\n\tThe PKK has waged a bloody insurgency inside Turkey since 1984, leaving tens of thousands of people dead.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPKK, which seeks independence through militancy, is designated as a terror group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Turkish forces have killed five suspected Kurdish militants at a popular tourist resort in western Turkey frequented by Europeans. 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