...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's southeastern province of Hakkari in an attack by Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) holy warriors, the military said on Monday.
Another soldier was maimed in the attack which took place as the troops were carrying out security operations, it said.
The PKK, considered a terrorist organization by the United States, Turkey and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing..., has waged an insurgency against the state since the 1980s. Violence in the largely Kurdish southeast has escalated since the collapse of a ceasefire in 2015.