Turkish army denies using chemical weapons against Kurdish militants

The Turkish military denied on Thursday it was using chemical weapons in its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party and said it did not even possess such arms, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

"There have been no chemical weapons or ammunition registered in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces," Turkish General Staff said.

"The fight against the separatist terrorist organisation continues in compliance with national and universal rules of law," it added.

The military was responding to claims published in some media at home and abroad that the army was using chemical weapons in its operations against Kurdish militants.

The claims are "baseless, biased and aimed at slandering the Turkish armed forces," the General Staff said.