Turkey's military sent 20,000 Soldiers to
Sirnak in Northern Kurdistan
Turkey's military sent 20,000 soldiers to the
country's southeastern province of Sirnak in an operation against the Kurdistan
Workers' Party, or PKK, CNN Turk said.
Turkish Army units, supported by local
paramilitaries (Jash) and 20 attack helicopters, were searching mountains in the
area for members of the armed group, the Istanbul-based television channel said,
citing unidentified security officials.
Turkey has fought a two-decade war against the
PKK at the cost of almost 40,000 lives, most of them Kurdish. The Turkish
government says the U.S. and Iraq aren't doing enough to stop PKK fighters based
in neighboring northern Iraq from crossing the border to mount attacks in
Turkey.
The PKK seeks autonomy for Kurds in Turkey's
southeast from the central government in Ankara.
