Turkish army launches anti-PKK operation

15/06/2008

ANKARA, Turkey -- The army launched on Sunday (June 15th) a special operation aimed to eliminate Kurdish militants after a series of attacks by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) extremists that injured at least three Turkish railway workers. The General Staff announced the operation is ongoing in Bingol province. (Hurriyet, ITAR-TASS - 15/06/08; Reuters, AP, Anadolu news agency, Xinhua - 14/06/08)