In Turkey, eleven members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in an armed clash with the Turkish security forces in southeastern Hakkari province. <br/><br/>The semi- official Anatolia news agency said PKK rebels armed with long-range weapons had attacked a Turkish military outpost in Semdinli town of the province, killing three soldiers and wounding another three today. It said a large-scale operation was thereafter launched in pursuit of the region's PKK rebels in which the men were killed. <br/><br/>The Turkish armed forces said the PKK might intensify attacks over the summer when more guerrillas arrive in Turkey from the mountainous areas in northern Iraq during warmer weather.