Turkish forces have killed 32 Kurdish militants during clashes near the Iraqi border. Turkish state television TRT said, the militants were killed in the Kazan Valley region of Turkey's Hakkari province on Saturday. There was no immediate confirmation from rebels.
Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels earlier in the week after 24 of its soldiers were killed near the Iraqi border in the deadliest toll against the Turkish military since the 1990s.
TRT said the latest violence occurred near the town of Cukurca. According to reports 53 rebels have been killed since the operations began in the Kazan valley.
Ankara has said 22 battalions, or about 10,000 soldiers, have been taking part in the operation against the rebels.
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