"Operation Thunderbolt-1 Cudi" launched against PKK in southeastern Turkey

Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Ersoy and General Commander of the Gendarmerie Gen. Arif Cetin announced the launch of the operation during a press briefing in Mount Cudi.

The ongoing conflict between Turkey and PKK has resulted in nearly forty thousand deaths since 1984 when PKK waged an insurgency against Turkish State. (ILKHA)