The governor's office for Tunceli province said today the six were killed in an operation near the town of Nazimiye. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said through Twitter: "our heroes have avenged our martyred teacher."
Teacher Necmettin Yilmaz was abducted and shot by suspected rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, on June 16 while traveling from Tunceli to his hometown in northern Turkey.
His body was discovered last week.
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