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A total of 26 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations against targets in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Turkish military announced on April 20.      

According to the latest statement, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced that eight more PKK militants were "neutralized" in operations in the Nalaguva Tepe region.

Terrorist organizations will be erased from Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on April 7 at an opening ceremony in the southeastern province of Şırnak. 

Fourteen endangered black francolins that were seized two weeks ago in the Kapılı village in the southeastern province of Şırnak's Silopi district, located near the border with Iraq, have been released after treatment.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu slammed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's remarks about an alleged "invasion," a day after Turkish tanks were deployed to Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Nov. 1 warned Turkey against provoking a confrontation, while stressing that he does not want war, after Ankara deployed tanks and artillery near its border with Iraq.

The Turkish government on Sept. 4 announced that it was extending interest-free credit to tradesmen in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Sur district, an area that has suffered heavy damage during clashes between security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Violent tension between lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) descended into a brawl during a plenary session on April 27, delaying efforts to pass legislation on an EU migration deal.

Violent tension between lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) descended into a brawl during a plenary session on April 27, delaying efforts to pass legislation on an EU migration deal.

Turkish Armed Forces concluded its counter-terrorism operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Silopi district of southeastern ??rnak province, security sources said on April 22. 

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has harshly reacted to a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy's question on ongoing clashes between the Turkish Armed Forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), after the latter called the militants "guerillas."