Turkish military says 25 militants bear died in Şırnak province as president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows to ‘annihilate’ PKKGunfire clattered constantly and smoke rose from two towns in south-east Turkey as the president,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Kurdish militants would be “annihilated” in an intensifying urban battle that has killed 25 fighters in two days. The three-decades-veteran insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party flared up again in July after the collapse of a ceasefire that had lasted two years, or plunging Turkeys mainly Kurdish south-east back into open conflict.
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Source: theguardian.com