A total of 83 terrorists have been neutralized and a large amount of weapons and ammunition seized as part of operations Claw-Tiger and Claw-Eagle, the country's defense minister said on Sunday.

Axar.az reports that, Hulusi Akar inspected the border troops in Turkey’s southeastern Sirnak province with Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler and Land Forces Commander Gen. Umit Dundar.

Akar said the Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger operations, which started on June 16, have been successfully continuing for the last 48 days.

“In the operations carried out by Turkish forces, 83 terrorists have been neutralized so far. A total of 359 mines/handmade explosives and 267 shelters were detected.