Military Cougar AS 532 helicopter crashed in the province of Shirnak in the southeast of Turkey. On Wednesday, May 31, the Daily Sabah. As a result, 13 servicemen who were in the helicopter were killed, including the general, two colonels and four middle-ranking officers. It is specified that the helicopter fell three minutes after take-off as a result of a collision with power lines. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Yyshik has gone to the place of the disaster.
Shirnak Province is located near the border with Iraq. The majority of the population of the region are Kurds. The Turkish army has repeatedly conducted operations in the province against activists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party of Turkey (PKK) banned in Turkey, which since 1984 has been fighting for the political rights of Kurds in Turkey and the creation of Kurdish autonomy in its composition, including extremist methods.
Original article: A military helicopter crashed in the southeast of Turkey.