Turkish Forces Kill 13 Members of the PKK

Turkey's latest military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party, began on Monday.

So far it has resulted in thirteen members of the PKK being killed and five captured.

Most of the operation is being carried out via helicopters.

The PKK has been fighting since 1984 to establish Kurdistan, in southeast Turkey.

Since then, over forty thousand people have been killed in the conflict.

Turkey, which considers the PKK a terrorist organization, accuses Syria of supporting them, even during the current civil war there.