Turkish Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin issued a statement, claiming “170 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists have recently been killed, with Armenian, Iranian, Syrian, Iraqi and Israeli citizens among them,” Sabah daily reported.

In response to this, representative of “Kurdistan Committee” of Armenia deemed Turkish Minister’s statements as absurd.

“The information suggesting Armenian citizens were among the killed PKK members is nonsense,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.