Six PKK militants who killed teacher in Turkey's Tunceli killed by armed drones: Governor's office

Six outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who had abducted and killed a teacher in the eastern province of Tunceli were killed in an operation by armed drones on July 19, the Tunceli Governor's Office has stated.

The governor's office in a statement released on July 20 said armed drones spotted a group of PKK militants in the Nazımiye district and security forces launched an operation in the region.

Six PKK militants were killed in the strike as they were later identified as the militants who had killed Necmettin Yılmaz, a 23-year-old teacher.

Following the statement, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu shared a post on his Twitter account, saying, "Our heroes took the revenge of those who killed teacher Necmettin Yılmaz, who was martyred in Tunceli's Pülümür." 

Yılmaz's body had been found in the Pülümür Valley in Tunceli on July 12, nearly a month after he was abducted by PKK militants.

Yılmaz, who was serving as a teacher in the Çiftçibaşı village of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, was driving on a highway to the Black Sea province of Gümüşhane when a group of PKK militants stopped his car.

Erdoğan thanks CHP MP for speech on teacher 

Meanwhile, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP)'s Tunceli deputy Gürsel Erol told Doğan News Agency that he delivered a speech in parliament on July 18 about Necmettin Yılmaz, focusing on the country's terror problem and difficulties that security forces face. Erol said he also raised the issue of improving the personal rights of police in his speech.

Erol further noted that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan later called him and thanked him for his speech.

"Mr. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called me after...