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A Turkish soldier was killed and five others were injured on April 14 in a clash with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern Agri province, a security source told state-run Anadolu Agency. 

One Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded during combat between the Turkish Armed Forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Ağrı on the Turkish and Syrian border on Jan. 31.

Turkish security forces seized a bomb-laden drone reportedly made by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Ağrı on Nov. 11.

Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants killed three migrants on Sept. 25 and injured seven others, one critically, in the eastern province of Ağrı, according to a military source. 

Attackers opened fire on a minibus carrying migrants who had entered Turkey via an illegal route in Ağrı's Doğubayazıt district, according to the source.

The Interior Ministry has stated that a total of 15 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations across the country on Sept. 6.

The authorities use the word "neutralized" to refer to militants who have been either killed, wounded or captured.

Security forces detained three Iranians early Sept. 5 for laying a steel cable along the Turkish-Iranian border in the eastern province of Ağrı, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Security forces have detained three Iranians who had laid a steel cable in the eastern province of Ağrı along the Turkish-Iranian border, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Local gendarmerie units received intelligence of three Iranians who had illegally entered the country and had laid a steel cable on the border near the Gürbulak village in the Doğubeyazıt district.

A crane on a trucking rig fell onto a minibus in the Tutak district of the eastern province of Ağrı on Aug. 14, killing seven people and injuring 11 others.

The crane overturned from the trucking rig on a road bend near the village of Palandöken at around 4.20 p.m. local time. 

It subsequently hit a minibus coming from the opposite side of the road.

A crane on a trucking rig fell onto a minibus in the Tutak district of the eastern province of Ağrı on Aug. 14, killing seven people and injuring eleven others.

The crane overturned from the trucking rig on a road bend near the Palandöken village of the district.

It subsequently hit a minibus coming from the opposite side of the road.

Turkey has begun construction of a wall along the border with Iran in a bid to crack down on smuggling and terrorism, following the building of a similar barrier already standing on the border with Syria.