The gendarmerie command launched the operation in the rural area of Hakkari province, the interior ministry said in a statement published on its official webpage.
A total of 825 security personnel, including gendarmerie and police forces, are taking part in the operation, Middle East Monitor reported.
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.
Turkey has also been fighting what it says is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) which heads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in neighbouring Syria. SDF forces have been backed by Washington during thier fight against IS.
In October last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the US to hand over the SDF Chief Mazlum.
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