Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on May 26 described the security forces’ operation in the region as “one of the biggest operations in the past 30 years, launched on Mount Tendürek” in the eastern province of Ağrı.
“Most of the clashes continued at a range between 30 and 50 meters and we have not had any martyrs yet at this point,” Soylu said at a police graduation ceremony in Istanbul.