Turkish Army Captain Killed In PKK Attack

An army captain was killed when militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey late Aug. 21. PKK militants targeted a gendarmerie outpost in the Beytüşşebap district of the Şırnak province at 9.30 p.m. Captain Ali Alkan and two more soldiers were wounded in the clash that continued...