Kurdish rebellions in Turkey

The Prime Minister's Office has announced that it launched a probe after a video was shared on social media on Aug. 8, allegedly showing a policeman insulting handcuffed workers lying on the ground, reportedly at a construction site in the southeastern province of Hakkari.

A Turkish police officer was killed in an attack on an armored police vehicle in southeastern ??rnak province late Aug. 7, increasing the death toll in attacks launched by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to 24 for the past month.

Turkey will deploy thermal cameras and horse-back patrols to heighten security around key oil and gas pipelines as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) increase, in a bid to safeguard energy supplies in the import-dependent country, energy officials said. 

Turkey's army is welcome to attempt to destroy the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but it is unlikely to succeed, a senior leader of the outlawed militant group claimed.

Turkey?s army is welcome to attempt to destroy the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) but it is unlikely to succeed, according to a senior leader of the outlawed militant group.

Turkey will deploy thermal cameras and horse-back patrols to heighten security around key oil and gas pipelines as Kurdish militant attacks increase, in a bid to safeguard energy supplies in the import-dependent country, energy officials said. 

The district governor of Yüksekova district of Hakkari has shared security footages of an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack to the District Police Directorate.

Turkey condemned and rejected a statement by the Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi on the Turkish military?s operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq. 

Three members of the Turkish security forces were killed in an ambush by outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of ??rnak.

The U.S. State Department urged the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) on Aug. 3 to stop its attacks against Turkey and return to dialogue with the Turkish government amid the ongoing conflict in the country?s east.