Turkey–ISIL conflict

Some 126 people were in Turkish prisons on charges of being a member of the Islamic State and Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as of Aug. 10 2015, the Justice Ministry has stated in reply to question submitted by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Faysal Sar?y?ld?z.

A senior outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) figure has responded to calls from the co-chairs of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) to halt violence, ruling out any ?one-sided? move to silence arms.

One soldier has been killed in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r after outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant while another army lieutenant also died in clashes in ??rnak.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released one customs officials and a driver that it recently took hostage, while ten remain in captivity.

Eleven customs officials and a driver were reported missing after they did not return home from work on Aug. 22, despite taking a shuttle at 4.30 p.m. at the end of their shifts. 

The Turkish military has launched an aerial campaign and land operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) after a soldier was killed and three others were injured when militants from the group opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Kulp district early on Aug. 23.

One soldier was killed and three others were injured after militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Sur district early on Aug. 23.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has urged the Alevi community to be alert against those "who want to make brothers kill each other," while also stressing that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must be eradicated.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has defended its report on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), stating it was only one of the many reports it did on Turkey.

At least 41 suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in military operations, including air strikes in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, the Turkish military announced Aug. 22.
      

An army captain was killed when militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey late Aug. 21.

PKK militants targeted a gendarmerie outpost in the Beytü??ebap district of the ??rnak province at 9.30 p.m. Captain Ali Alkan and two more soldiers were wounded in the clash that continued for an hour, Turkish media reports said.