Silopi

One of the questions most frequently being asked in the Turkish capital is when the government will announce the end of current intense operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Anatolia.

The Turkish military has destroyed 15 areas used as shelters by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in southeastern Turkey in a comprehensive military operation targeting the militant group.

Turkey has killed 711 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the country's southeast since early December last year, the Turkish military has claimed amid the death of a specially trained Turkish commando in clashes with the militant group.

One police officer was killed on Jan. 22 during clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Cizre district of southeastern ??rnak province.

Special operations police officer Bayram Özdere was killed when PKK militants opened fire during intense clashes in the district's Sur neighborhood.

Turkey has killed five snipers from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who have caused severe casualties among Turkish security forces, in spot-on military operations in the southeastern towns of Sur and Cizre.

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have detonated an improvised explosive device near a schoolyard in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, wounding five students.

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have detonated an improvised explosive device near a schoolyard in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, wounding five students.

The blast took place at 8.24 a.m. on Jan. 22 at the Nuriye Eser Primary School in Diyarbak?r's Ba?lar district during the distribution of report cards on the last school day of the first semester.

More than 81,000 students in three southeastern Turkish towns will not be able get their half term grade reports on Jan. 22, as education has been suspended in the towns since Dec. 14, 2015. 

Some 17.5 million students across Turkey will enter their 15-day-long semester break on Jan. 22, when they will receive their grade reports. 

Turkish security forces have found a drone used by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, during a search conducted as part of post-curfew operations in the southeastern town of Silopi, private broadcaster CNNTürk has reported.

The curfew imposed on Silopi, a district in the ??rnak province, back on Dec. 14 last year was partially lifted on Jan. 19.

A total of 610 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in army operations in Turkey's southeast since operations began, according to new figures released by the Turkish military.