A ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party politician was killed by the PKK in the Dicle district of south-eastern Diyarbakir province Monday night, according to security sources.
The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media said the PKK opened fire on Deryan Aktert, AK Party’s district chairman in Dicle while he was at his workplace.
An investigation was launched to hunt the militants after the attack.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU. It resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.
Since then, PKK attacks have killed more than 600 security personnel and also claimed the lives of numerous civilians, including women and children, while more than 7,000 PKK members have been killed in army operations.
Correction 08:41 GMT – The headline in an earlier version of this page incorrectly stated Aktert was an MP.
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