Turkish forces have "neutralized" three PKK terrorists, including one so-called senior terrorist, in the country's southeast, the interior minister said Sunday.

Axar.az reports citing Turkish media.

Among the terrorists was a so-called head of the Kazan Valley in the eastern Hakkari province, Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter.

"Our heroic gendarmerie forces in an air-backed operation settled an account opened one year ago," Soylu said in commemoration of Ercan Sanca and Mehmet Sait Baris, who were martyred in an attack last year by the now-neutralized terrorists.

"Rest in peace," added Soylu.