Security forces have raided on some locations, using as terror bases by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Communities Union, (KCK), a political umbrella of the PKK, in the southeastern province of Şırnak.
Şırnak governor's office said that 11 members of the seperatist Kurdistan Workers' Party were neutralized during the raids, conducted in the districts of Cizre and Silopi on November 11.
Meanwhile, six neighbourhoods in Şırnak's Beytüşşebab district were declared as special security zone for 15 days to ensure public order.
The governor's office said the decision to declare six neighborhoods as special security zone between Novermber 12 and 27 aims to ensure public security and to prevent terrorists from hiding in the land and committing crimes.
In elsewhere in the Southeast, a sergeant was martyred after fierce clashes erupted with the PKK terrorists in Van province on Friday.
An initial report said that security forces raided on a flat in the province's Erçiş district; acting on an intelligence report which said it was housing PKK members. The sergeant participating operation died immediately on the scene when the terrorists opened fire with long-barrelled weapons, refusing to surrender.
The operation in Van is reportedly underway.
