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Turkish troops killed 50 Kurdish guerrillas in clashes Sunday in this southeastern province, officials said.
The casualties increased the number of rebels killed since last week to 84, the regional governor’s office said. One soldier was killed.
Turkey cracked down on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq in May, but has since withdrawn most of its 25,000 troops from the region. The military says it killed some 3,000 rebels while losing 113 troops; the rebels dispute the figures.
Some 28,000 people have died since the rebels launched a guerrilla war for autonomy in Turkey’s southeast in 1984.
