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ANKARA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Altogether 31 regions in Tunceli, a province in eastern Turkish, were banned entery for security operation targeting PKK since March 17, according to local media.
The authorities declared the 31 regions as "special security regions" for 15 days. In those regions, the Turkish military is going to launch a security operation to "neutralize" 400 outlawed PKK militants.
Turkish authorities use the word "neutralize" in their statements to imply the militants were either killed, incapacitated or captured.
"In order to protect our citizens' lives and properties, it is banned to enter special security regions without the permission of authorities," the Tunceli Governor's Office said in a statement, adding that the operations are ongoing "continuously with great determination and ambition."
