A number of Turkish non-governmental organizations organized the protest, with participants chanting slogans like \u201cTurks, Kurds are brothers\u201d and \u201cHell to PKK.\u201d<\/p>\n
The protestors carried a 100-meter-long (328-foot-long) Turkish flag during the march.<\/p>\n
Eight Turkish soldiers were martyred and two others wounded Thursday in a PKK terrorist attack in Batman, according to local sources.<\/p>\n
The terrorists detonated an improvised explosive as an armored military vehicle passed by.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Batman Governor\u2019s Office said four soldiers were martyred and five others were wounded in the rural area of Gercus district.<\/p>\n
Later, four soldiers succumbed to their wounds at the Batman Regional State Hospital, said a health officer, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.<\/p>\n
One wounded soldiers were undergoing treatment, the source added.<\/p>\n
An operation was launched in the area to nab the terrorists.<\/p>\n
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU — has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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