ANKARA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish government continued military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as of Thursday, with reported PKK attacks still going on, threatening the ongoing peace negotiations between the government and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Turkish media reported Wednesday that PKK fighters attacked a police vehicle in Mardin province in southeastern Turkey, killing one policeman.
"These are not the first, and surely not the last, provocations to undermine efforts towards peace. Both the vast majority of Turkish and Kurdish people in Turkey demand a definitive end to violence, and that provocations will not be allowed to derail the peace process," said political analyst Sahin Alpay.
It was reported Thursday that Turkish jets bombed PKK targets in northern Iraq, though there was no official confirmation of cross border incursion by Turkish military.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Wednesday that military operations against Kurdish militants would continue until they lay down their arms, vowing to keep fighting with the PKK.
"Until the terror organization lays down its arms, until they end their attacks, our security forces will continue their operations," he told his deputies in the parliament on Tuesday.
Some political analysts approved the government's approach.
"The government has finally struck the right balance in its policy to solve this long-running problem with the country's largest minority group, Kurds," Idris Gursoy, political analyst in Turkish capital Ankara, told Xinhua over the phone.
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