Turkish army kills 14 Kurdish militants, one security officer dead
Turkish security forces have killed at least 14 militants in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the military said on Tuesday, as an army campaign to quell fighting that has spread to the streets of cities entered a third week.
A member of the "village guard", a Kurdish militia fighting alongside government forces, was killed on Tuesday during clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in the district of Sur in Diyarbakir, the regional capital, the General Staff said on its website.
The PKK members were killed in Sur and the towns of Cizre and Silopi on Monday, the military said. Those areas have been under round-the-clock curfews since last month.
It said a total of 296 rebels had been killed since December 14, when security forces intensified action against the PKK. The PKK has moved to urban areas, building trenches and barricades to keep police and soldiers at bay.
Dozens of civilians and soldiers have also died.
