The Turkish Ministry of Interior declared on Tuesday the launch of "Operation Eren-12" against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in both Sirnak and Siirt provinces in the Kurdish regions of the country in the southeast.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is slowly moving to consolidate his grip on power by removing the last of the opposition People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) elected officials, the Guardian has reported.
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Şirnak has the same advantages as the other 80 provinces.