Turkey says 108 Kurdish militants 'neutralized' in past week

ANKARA – Some 108 Kurdish militants have been "neutralized" in operations targeting southeast Turkey and northern Iraq over the past week, Turkey's armed forces said on Saturday.

The military uses the term "neutralized" to refer to operations in which opposition forces have been killed, wounded or captured.

In a weekly roundup, it said it had neutralized 31 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern provinces of Tunceli, Mardin, Diyarbakir and Sirnak.

It said 77 other militants had been neutralized in cross-border operations.