Baku-APA. Lt. Erdem Keskin, who was injured during counter-terrorism operations against the PKK terrorist organization, succumbed to his wounds at Ankara's Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) on Monday, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.
Keskin had been injured during operations in Yüksekova district of southeastern Hakkari province.
The PKK – also listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the EU – resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state last July.
Since then, over 350 members of the security forces have been martyred and thousands of PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.
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