ANKARA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Turkey's military General Staff said on Sunday the number of Kurdish PKK rebels killed during its ground and air offensive in northern Iraq had risen to 112. In a statement posted on its Web site, the General Staff said eight of its personnel and 33 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels had been killed on Sunday. The military confirmed a helicopter, which the PKK said it had downed on Saturday, had crashed. The military said the reason was not immediately known. (Reporting by Paul de Bendern)
Supporters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) shout and wave a party flag during a demonstration against the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party in Istanbul February 24, 2008. Turkey began sending thousands ...
