Police officer martyred in Turkey's southeast


(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) A police officer was martyred Saturday after being injured in clashes between security forces and PKK terrorists in the Sur districtof Diyarbakir southeast Turkey a security source said.

The officer died at Diyarbakir MilitaryHospital.

A round-the-clock curfew has been imposed on Sur since early December as security forces attempt to flush out PKK terrorists. The terrorist group renewed its military campaign in mid-July in which time more than 200 members of the security forces have been martyred.


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