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ISTANBUL, Aug 29 (KUNA) -- Two Turkish soldiers were severely injured in
clashes with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Turkish military sources
said on Wednesday.
A statement by the Turkish Chief of Staff headquarters said that two
soldiers were injured when PKK's rebels opened fire on a Turkish patrol in
Gentish town in the Bingol region.
The Turkish military reinforced its presence in the region and chased away
the rebels, the statement added.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Ankara, the United States
and the European Union, has stepped up its military activity this year.
The group has been fighting for self-rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish areas
in the east and southeast since 1984 in a bloody conflict that has claimed
more than 37,000 lives.(end)
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