ANKARA
Turkey launched Operation Kapan-3 to eliminate terrorists in the country’s southeast, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday.
The gendarmerie command launched the counter-terrorism operation in the rural area of Hakkari province, the ministry said in a statement.
A total of 825 security personnel, including gendarmerie and police forces, are taking part in the operation.
So far, four shelters have been identified and 17 improvised explosive device, three hand-grenades, a Kalashnikov rifle and a large quantity of daily use items destroyed.
With Turkey ramping up its fight against terrorists, it launched on Saturday Operation Kapan to eliminate terrorists in the
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