According to unconfirmed sources, 15 Turkish soldiers were killed in a PKK attack in Daglıca on Sunday afternoon. According to media reports, the PKK terrorists detonated explosives that they had planted along a road while two military vehicles, which left the Daglıca Battalion Command at about 3 p.m. to deploy soldiers for a military operation in the area on Sunday, were driving by. Releasing a written statement condemning the fatal bomb attack, Bahçeli said: "The separatist PKK terrorist organization struck at the heart of the Turkish nation once again. Our police officers and our soldiers have been victims of malicious attacks since July 20." Commenting that the death toll of the attack is not yet certain, Bahçeli said the number of slain soldiers "might be horrific," adding, "Although there has not yet been any official statement that can satisfactorily eliminate our question marks, it is clearly understood that the number of martyrs is at a horrific level." Blaming President Erdogan and the AK Party for the recent killings of the soldiers and for the increasing number of terrorist acts launched by the PKK, Bahceli said Turkey has been the hostage of a small minority, the AK Party, that "has occupied the Turkish government." He added that the palace -- referring to Erdoğan's ultra-luxurious presidential palace in Ankara -- and the AK Party are responsible for the soldiers' deaths. Bahçeli also said the details of the attacks have been hidden from the public, and called on the authorities to inform the public about the real death toll and about the other concealed facts of the attack.
