Tunceli

A total of 16 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been "neutralized" in the eastern province of Tunceli over the past two days, the Tunceli Governor's Office announced on April 27.

Authorities use the word "neutralized" to refer to militants who are killed, wounded or captured.       

An investigation has been launched into the helicopter crash in the eastern province of Tunceli that claimed the lives of a judge, seven police officers, a noncommissioned officer and three personnel. 

All 12 people on board a police helicopter that crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli were killed on April 18, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said. 

Contact with the Sikorsky helicopter was lost at 11:43 a.m., Soylu said during press conference.

"There is no external factor behind the crash of the helicopter. It crashed due to bad weather conditions," he added.

A police helicopter carrying 12 people crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli on April 18, the local governor's office has said, adding that the crash may have been caused by poor weather conditions.

A Turkish police helicopter with at least 12 people on board, including police officers and judges, on Tuesday crashed in eastern Turkey, local media reported.
The chopper, whose passengers included two judges and seven policemen, crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli, the private NTV television said, without giving details on the cause of the crash.

A total of 14 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in an air-supported operation in the eastern province of Tunceli, the Tunceli Governor's Office said March 25.

Four militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been caught in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak while trying to cross the border from Iraq. 
The militants, who were trained in PKK camps in Iraq, were planning to stage bomb attacks in Turkey, according to a statement released by Turkish General Staff on March 24. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said that Alevis, Sunnis, Kurds and Turks are brothers in Turkey, adding that all citizens in the country are "first-class."

An injured otter, whose species is on the most protected list in Turkey, was found injured in the Munzur National Park in the eastern province of Tunceli on March 16 and taken in for treatment, Doğan News agency has reported.

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has accused the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) of aiding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).