Turkey has started a new anti-terror operation in the country's southeast against the terror group PKK, the Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.

The operation in the Hakkari province, called the Eren Winter-4 Martyr Gendarmerie Commando Soldier Ibrahim Dogu Operation, aims to eradicate the PKK terror group from the country and neutralize terrorist hideouts in the region, the ministry said in a statement.

A total of 1,240 security personnel and 80 operational teams will take part in the operation, it said.

Turkey is successfully continuing its Eren Winter Operations, meant to completely eliminate separatist terror groups in the country, with "confidence" and "decisiveness" with the support of the Turkish people, according to the statement.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU – has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants./aa