Islam Times - Turkey kills 771 suspected PKK militants in less than a month: Turkish media

Islam Times - Turkey has reportedly killed at least 771 “suspected” Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in less than a month, Turkish media say.

The fatalities were caused in “operations carried out by Turkey’s security forces between July 22 and August 20,” the country’s Anadolu Agency reported on Friday.

“Out of the 771 killed, 430 died in airstrikes in northern Iraq, including the Qandil Mountain,” where the group’s military headquarters is located, it added.

Ankara launched airstrikes against purported Daesh (ISIL) targets in Syria as well as PKK positions in Iraq and Turkey after a deadly July 20 bomb attack attributed to Daesh terrorists left 32 people dead in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the northern Syrian town of Kobani.

But, so far, the air raids have significantly concentrated on the Kurdish militants.

The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead.