[AnNahar] Turkish security forces on Monday night launched one of their largest "anti-terrorist" operations in recent years in the restive south-east against Kurdish krazed killers, security sources said.Some 7,000 gendarmerie -- who look after domestic security -- 600 special forces and dozens of tanks and helicopters were used in an operation in Lice in the largest Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakir, sources told AFP.
In Lice, 18 villages were placed under strict curfew until further notice, the Diyarbakir governorate said in a statement.
The aim of the operation, the governor's office said, was to "neutralize" members and accomplices of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).