Ömer Sadettin Bak
9 soldiers, 15 militants killed in clashes, ops in Turkey's southeast
A total of six soldiers were killed in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) while two pilots died as a military helicopter which was dispatched to pursue militants crashed in the eastern province of Hakkari early on May 13.
Meanwhile, a ninth soldier died in eastern Thrace when a military vehicle rolled down a hill.